Talk:Lahser High School

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Well, being a member of a neighboring high school, I know a lot about Lahser. The only problem is, is that some insensitive person keeps editing my posts and changes it.

If someone would like more information, please reply and I'll tell you everything!

Boxbrown 20:42, 1 April 2006 (UTC)boxbrown, " MR.B"

Chad Smith never went to Lahser High, he went to Andover High School

October, 2007

I have begun cleaning up this article in an attempt to salvage something before someone comes along and does something far worse. Among the things I just did:

1. I removed all of the first person point of view. Encyclopedia articles are never written "Our team ...." or "We accomplished". Wikipedia has a rather strict requirement that articles be written from a neutral point of view. I would guess that writing an article in first person is a big violation of that.

2. The section on the AP program mentioned three classes (among 20), and then went into rather excrutiating detail to explain "taking AP classes helps prepare people for tests". It was not needed.

3. Unless a staff member is noted for something other than being a teacher or staff member (won a national award, was in the Olympics, was a former movie star, used to be president, etc) they are generally not named in the article. Otherwise it can come across as an attempt to butter up a favorite teacher who may not deserve it, or lambast a despised teacher who equally doesn't deserve it. In other words: sometimes reporting a fact can come across as an opinion.

4. For all of the claims being made, there are next to no references being cited. Part of writing a good article is that there is a requirement for support, just like if you were writing a paper for English: sources must be neutral, it must be from a reputable source (like a newspaper, a reputable magazine, a journal, etc). I am afraid that it will be a matter of time before someone comes in and deletes every claim without a citation. It does not count to say "I know it is true".

Please do not take this personally. Rather than have work reverted or deleated, take the opportunity to learn to write a good article, then go out there and help make this one better. If you need an example of a good article on a school, I think Plano High School is still rated very highly. Take a look at what they have and don't have. Use it as a model to work towards.

Best of luck to you on your editing! LonelyBeacon 05:07, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

LAH-sir pronunciation disputed

Can someone cite any authority for the “LAH-sir” pronunciation (other than “current best practices north of 8 Mile”, which amounts to circular argument)?

One of the two major Detroit newspapers, in its Sunday roto magazine circa 1969 (+/- 3 yrs), featured the historical recollections of an elderly woman who claimed a personal acquaintance with the Lahser family. According to her the preferred pronunciation is not LAH-sir, but LOSH-er “like washing machine” — in agreement with the unprompted recent usage of many Detroit west-siders.

It might be a worthwhile project for a team of LHS students to spend an afternoon combing the Detroit Public Library archives for that news article (as well as other authoritative writings pertaining to the subject), and to open a section on the LHS Wikipedia page summarizing their research. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.9.237.73 (talk) 04:17, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

At http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=159&topic_id=9314&mesg_id=9382 on 11 Nov 2006, user TahitiNut posted “I’ve always heard the ‘sh’ in Lahser.” —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.9.237.73 (talk) 23:52, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

The mis-pronunciation of the name of this once influential but now absent regional family reached the point of several street signs along Lahser road being mis-spelled. The last was removed over a decade ago. The name is an anglicization of the French L'sur, the first part of a name such as L'sur Mont (those on the hill).This is similar to how the Norman nobles D'Le Isle de Wight became Lyle or White.--129.9.72.12 (talk) 14:04, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Charles Augustus Lahser Jr. (1869–1937), one of five children of a Bohemian (not French) immigrant wagonmaker, grew up in what’s now the Old Redford area back when it was mostly sand dunes. He cut down trees to open way for Lahser Road. WDET has audio from Charles’ grandson Carl, declaring it’s pronounced LAW-sser: https://wdet.org/2015/07/27/curiosid-do-you-pronounce-the-road-lahser-or-lasher/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.65.77.184 (talk) 05:01, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

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