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
