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OCTOBER 2005

Letters

Re: Fighting Obesity Starts in Schools
To the Editor:

As an award-winning health teacher, I know how important it is for schools to help foster healthy eating habits in young children. In 2003, my students and I convinced Venice High School to replace the sodas in the school vending machine with bottled water, sports drinks, and juices; add a fruit and vegetable bar to the school cafeteria, and serve vegetarian-chili potato boats twice a week. Venice High was also the first high school in the nation to get an organic soymilk vending machine!

My students and I eventually persuaded the entire Los Angeles Unified School District to pass an obesity prevention resolution to encourage schools to provide kids with healthy snacks instead of candy bars, eliminate contracts with fast-food companies, offer students at least one vegetarian option at lunchtime, and pilot soy milk in five area schools.

Jacqueline Domac
Wilmington, CA

Re: Dr. Maya Angelou
To the Editor:

I wish to salute Dr. Angelou for she is my hero. She is my hero not because she is a famous literary artist or because she is such a noted public figure in society but because she is an example of what good we can become and of the good we can do in this world when we use what is already inside of us. I have discovered that I am a writer. I want to be a successful writer. I am not a young woman (50 years old), nor am I an educated person. Tell her she is my hero in a world where there are few true heroes left. Tell her I used to be a caged bird, but no more. This “free” bird is going to sing now. Tell her I said thanks for the inspiration.

Anna Bryant
Bronx, New York

Re: The Misunderstanding of Dyslexia
To the Editor:

Great article! My son is 8 years in the 3rd grade. I am having him tested for Dyslexia. Do you know of any good schools in the New York City area?

Cynthia Ford
New York, NY
[Editor: Churchill, Gateway, Mary McDowell Center, Parkside School, Steven Gaynor School, Windward School, Winston Prep, Dwight School, Columbia Grammar.]

Re: Dr. Alexandra Levine: Caring, Humanistic Physician
To the Editor:

She is an amazing doctor… her passion and compassion are both limitless. We owe her!

Bee
Los Angeles, CA

Re: The Incredible Maxine Greene
To the Editor:

First I want to sincerely to congratulate Dr. Greene on her “wonderful work.” Her story touched my heart in a very unique way. I love the arts but I was never exposed to them until I came to this country. Now that I am a mother I take my daughter, Amber, to Lincoln Center. Her dedication and hard work represent an extraordinary journey.

Dilsia Pena
Bronx, NY

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