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...profession in saying parents who emphasize and foster learning at home ultimately have kids who perform at a higher level in class. School systems have been trying to get that message out for years. Imagine, excellent teachers working with students who have a drive and desire to learn. Utopia! CHARLES SWECKER Valley Head, W.Va...
Your article "Beyond The Gender Myths" [SPECIAL REPORT, Oct. 19] quotes an educator who imagines that a Utopia can be created in which "sexual stereotypes don't shape education." This assumes that gender influences on parents, teachers, peer groups, media and writers about the subject of education have disappeared and that academic skills and interests are now present in pristine condition. As everyone knows, we have not yet reached this state. Single-sex education works because it gives girls a few valuable years in which to recover confidence and feel that they can make a difference in a culture that...
Lady bugs did not look particularly friendly,nor grass particularly inviting, and maggots, inspite of their usual chillpower, turned out to bequite stunning in all their hulking, iridescentsplendor. In Antz on the other hand, thingsare very much as you'd expect them to be; aninsectine monarchy where Utopia is a defined by ared checked picnic blanket. The trick 3-D spacegives ant mythology the strongest flavor ofrealism, though nothing could be further from thetruth...
...country. The American ideals of equality, liberty and opportunity for all are, in a way, Platonic ideals that can never be attained in this imperfect world. American history, though, is replete with achievements that can inspire us in our attempts to bring the real world closer to the utopia we desire. The desperate courage of rangers on Omaha Beach, the steadfast faith of the Freedom Riders and the unshakable integrity of Washington are collective memories that we, as a nation, can draw upon for strength...
...Utopia boasts its own currency, has notaxes and has applied for membership to the UnitedNations...