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...blocks away, at Humboldt Park Elementary School, which serves kindergarten through eighth grade, a charming scene unfolds in Karen Hennessy's classroom. Her kindergartners are enjoying a visit from their eighth-grade "buddies." All around the room, big kids sit knees to chest in miniature chairs or cross-legged on the alphabet carpet. Each little kid has chosen a picture book to share with a big buddy. Some lean on eighth-grade laps as they listen. Logan Wells, a strapping 14-year-old, reads The Little Engine That Could to Alec Matias and Jacob Hill. Jacob, 5, seems mesmerized equally...
...show. Give us a break. The shop was closed. How many of us have raced to a store just as the closed sign went up? Instead of expecting others to cater to her every whim, Oprah needs to get real and join us mere mortals. Patsy Ann Taylor Winter Park, Florida, U.S. I would have thought that Oprah, of all people, would understand that the same rules apply to her as to the average person. Isn't compassion what she's famous for? Surely she could have had someone find out the Hermès store's closing times...
...KESHAV -- Overland Park, Kans...
...Sometimes, on Friday nights, I attend PYC, which is a babysitting bonanza where I help sit for groups of up to 20 kids. I don't do it for the money; I do it because I like spending time with Lilliputians. For those of you who have seen Jurassic Park II: think about the scene where all the little dinosaurs jump on the guy when he falls down. It's kind of like that...
...even in such a contentious climate, the museum at the Peace Memorial Park-which displays grim photos of the aftermath, remnants of clothes worn by victims, a twisted tricycle ridden by a little boy when the blast hit him -presents a persuasive warning to any leader who would consider returning the world to the nuclear brink. Compared with 10 years ago, these days the museum also provides far more context about what Japan did to its neighbors during the war. It's a sign of progress, even if Japan doesn't get much credit for it. There is a trace...