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Mostly, they all--including the likes of Rosanna Arquette, Ally Sheedy and a lot of people who, like the characters they play, deserve to be better known--get what they want. Or at least manage to make the right compromises. Like the lives it recounts, Sugar Town comes to no resounding conclusion. But that indeterminacy is part of its seductiveness, part of its truth...
...whether by volunteering, reading all the papers the school sends home, supervising homework or even making sure that a child gets a good breakfast. Sound like too much homework in these busy times? "Your child's success at school," writes LaForge, "has to be important enough for you to want to find the time and energy to stay on top of what's happening in the classroom...
...been investigated to any significant extent that would warrant the claims that are being made,'' says Dr. Ronald Petersen, a neuroscientist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Other geriatricians are more blunt. All the hoopla, they say, is merely a case of the placebo effect run amuck: people want their memories to get better, so they do. Give them a sugar pill, and they probably wouldn't know the difference...
IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION Five years ago, a Grimsley student shot and wounded an assistant principal and then turned the gun on himself. "Our kids know they don't want to go down that road again," says Phil Weaver, chairman of the school's counseling department. If teachers spot a kid who's having trouble, they immediately talk to a counselor who can set up a family conference, and Teague meets weekly with the school counselors to keep informed of potential problems. A strong parent-teacher-student association makes sure kids and families are aware of all the resources available within...
Considering a career in the booming pet industry? The folks at Pet Sitters International want you. Very much. The professional organization, which offers accreditation courses in pet sitting, among other things, will hold its fifth annual convention in New Orleans this week. A preview...