The front-page news story about poor reading scores amongstudents reminded me of the bumper sticker that says, "If you canread this, you're too close!"
The bumper sticker envisioned while reading the article was, "Ifyou can read this, you didn't graduate from my high school!"
Today, reading and writing just aren't as important as they werewhen I began school in the 1950s.
Sure, today we say that "reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic" stillare the fundamentals. But they aren't really as stressed as theywere.
I think it's tragic when movie stars, politicians and otherprominent people can't complete a dialogue without saying, "ya know;ya know; well, ya know."
I think we can trumpet the need for an education that includesreading, writing and arithmetic - the basics. But until ourchildren, as well as adults, feel the need to make reading, writingand math skills a part of their daily lives, reading scores willcontinue to go down. James Smith, Zion By e-mail Ross gets short shrift
I am wondering why the Reform Party Convention was not coveredas much as the Republican National Convention.
Perhaps this convention lacks the grandeur of both majorparties, yet it still is a legitimate party.
Perhaps it is because the public is not as aware of thisconvention as it is of those that are federally funded, and have theflair of a Broadway production. It is my belief, however, thatpublic ignorance is directly linked with the media coverage on suchpolitical events.
I cannot see how a fair account was given in regard to theReform Party Convention. It did not give a full report on the issuesbrought forth by both Ross Perot and former Colorado Gov. RichardLamm. It did not report on the points evoked by each individualspeaker.
Finally, it barely even touched upon how and why the ReformParty was formed and on what platforms it stands. Linda J. Pedraza, Thornton Mother's milk
I am shocked that the Chicago Sun-Times would print a letterlike the one from Colleen Sollinger of Beverly complaining about Rep.Susan Molinari (R-N.Y.) not breast-feeding her baby.
Where are the medical, social and psychological facts that provechildren who are bottle-fed have such problems as ear, throat,intestinal and lung infections, bronchitis, asthma, juvenile diabetesand others?
Do you mean to tell me that every child in the world who suffersfrom one or more of the above is bottle-fed? I know that is nottrue. Alina Green, Frankfort Busses for buses
A Sun-Times editorial about re-creating the CTA said: " . . .riders might find that their express buses no longer take themdowntown, but drop them off at an L stop for the trip to work."
Anyone living along the north lakefront in Chicago knows thequickest way to O'Hare on public transportation is to go downtown onthe Red Line and then transfer to the Blue Line.
Perhaps the "White Lines" would be an interesting experimentfrom the CTA: express bus service between the Red and Blue linesalong Foster, Belmont, Fullerton and North avenues to facilitatepublic transit use to and from O'Hare and other destinations. Robert Burlingham, Wicker Park By e-mail This Bud's not for me
NBC-TV's Olympic coverage had as a major advertiser Budweiserbeer. These ads should not be permitted, since the idea to mixalcohol ads with athletic competitions is poor policy. It givesyoung people a bad example.
Tell them the truth instead: that alcohol makes an athlete lessable to win and that about 350 people die every day in America fromalcohol-related causes.
Alcoholism is not a disease, it is self-inflicting poisoning. Gullan Kristensson, Park Ridge A double standard
Mayor Daley has announced a plan to punish minors who buycigarettes and to increase undercover stings where minors are paid bythe city to buy them.
There seems to be an inconsistency here. For a long time, thecity has used similar methods against tavern keepers by having minorsbuy liquor - in my opinion, obvious entrapment. I haven't heard ofany plan to punish those minors. Joseph North, Near North Side The final frontier
News item: Scientists discover evidence of life on Mars.
Shouldn't we first determine whether there truly is life onplanet Earth? George Bloyd, Lincoln Park
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