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...these were just isolated complaints, I wouldn't be writing to you. But across the United States, literally thousands of colleges are teaching our children to look down on their country and reject the values taught by their parents...
...attitudes and beliefs that are taught in American universities are the ones that dominate our society. Here's what we have to show for three decades of college radicalism...
...Matt goes home at least once a week to see his 15-year-old brother Edward, who has Down's Syndrome. "Eddie has taught us all patience and compassion to a degree you aren't normally taught," Professor Kishlansky says. Since both his parents worked, Matt assumed greater responsibility in the family and became a parental figure for Eddie. "From age six or seven I've been taking care of my brother," Matt says. "Eddie's probably the most stubborn person on earth--he can be hard to deal with and I had to pick up a lot of slack...
...Antoinette's childhood, each woman admires the strength of the other. "Sure, we were going through hard times," Antoinette says, but the hard times didn't change their strong relationship. "My mom didn't place her own limitations--her lack of education and her economic status--on me. She taught me that if I wanted anything, it was within my reach...
...Schaffer was an optimist, in spite of it all, and her sons recall the inspirational posters that she would hang on the refrigerator door when they were younger. "My mom encouraged me to `reach for the stars' and taught me the importance of believing in myself. She got me to believe in myself because she truly believed in me, in everything that I ever tried to do," Ryan says...