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...known) also typically put in four hours on Saturdays. This may sound excessively rigorous, but every director or teacher I spoke with emphasized how enthusiastically the students respond. “The best compliment we’ve received in recent years,” KIPP-Houston school leader Elliott Witney tells me, “was when someone said we reminded them of a small college.” Witney’s students are the ones who will be visiting Cambridge this spring—as a reward for their dedication...
...essay "Boo, Humbug!" Michael Elliott used the example of adults having fun at Halloween as proof of the "infantilization of American culture" [Oct. 27]. Shame on him! Why can't I dress up for one evening a year and have fun pretending to be something I'm not? For the other 364 days (and on Halloween day too), I'm a responsible, child-nurturing, house-cleaning, healthy-meal-cooking mother--and no infant, thank you! KAREN LEE Los Gatos, Calif...
...someone who had to face an organized day of Halloween events at the office, including breakfast, costumes, prizes and afternoon snack break--all intended to boost morale--I salute Elliott for his Essay. THAD W. RAUHAUSER Drexel Hill...
...Elliott should lighten up. If the president can dress up like a fighter pilot, why can't the rest of us wear costumes on Halloween? We all need a break, and if it means going back to childhood, that's O.K. It was probably the last time most of us felt secure. ROBERT E. MILLER II Saugatuck, Mich...
...process of elimination, Missy Elliott’s motivation for the persistent use of Aaliyah’s image and persona in her songs and music videos can only be to cash in on the lasting public awareness of the singer, thereby gaining further recognition for her own work. Elliott may not expressly be aware of the driving force behind this blatant misuse of her late friend’s likeness, but in “memorializing” the loss of Aaliyah, Elliott has reduced a promising young artist’s memory to nothing more than a promotional...