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...what if your educational goals are simpler? Skeet Savage, mother of six in Covert, Mich., argues that "graduation isn't the ultimate goal for my children. Learning is." There's a little tributary that runs off the home-schooling river called unschooling that espouses such ideas. About 7% of home schoolers today describe themselves as using no particular curricular plan, according to the National Home Education Research Institute. Not all these people would embrace the term unschooling, which sounds so anti-intellectual, but many of them follow the path of no paths, allowing their children to pursue their own interests...
...fail to equip them to handle the hardships, disappointments and struggles of adult life. And to treat youngsters as full-fledged adults from the age of two is to rob them of a true childhood experience, which is essential in producing a well-adjusted adult. ROBERT KOLINSKI Hamtramck, Mich...
...This is welcome news for many residents and their families who believe that the ability to "age in place" is a blessing, even if their care needs are changing. Carrie Cyphert, 89, who suffers from advanced Alzheimer's disease, has been in an Alterra memory-care facility in Portage, Mich., since September 1999 at a cost of $42,300 a year. In July 2000 state health inspectors cited the Portage facility for several violations, including medication errors and insufficient staff. The state tried to force Cyphert and nine other residents to move to higher-care facilities, contending that if they...
...enough to pay for child care, then the spouse cannot afford to go to work. What appears to be a military problem is a symptom of a larger class problem. How about affordable, high-quality child care for the military and the rest of the country? SUSAN MICKELSON Lansing, Mich...
...naming Sleater-Kinney America's best rock band [AMERICA'S BEST, ARTISTS & ENTERTAINERS, July 9]. Not best girl band, not best band you've never heard of, not best independent band, but best band! I hope this is an indication of the future of music. SARAH STOLLAK Lansing, Mich...