Response to More Than
Moody: Depression in Teens
To the Editor:
This article is very informative for teens with depression.
I am struggling with it and I know how it feels. When I read
your article, I was amazed at how the things you wrote came
so close to what I was feeling. There should be more writers
like you!
Sarah Wells,
New Boston, MI
Response to A Smoking Gun: Speaking to 9.8 Million Women & Girls
of NYS
To the Editor:
I agree. Why doesn't any media comment about the radiation
from tobacco and second hand smoke? 17,000 milligrams per
pack per year per total body according to NEJM letter to
Ed at time of Chernobyl. At autopsy, a lung slice will develop
x-ray film overnight, etc. Small wonder the risk of almost
all cancers go up if you smoke.
Brian Paaso,
Palo Alto, CA
Response to Taking Education Outside of the Classroom: NYC
Museum School
To the Editor:
This article is so true of what an LEOTC program can do to
enhance the lives of students who are given the chance to
see what is outside the classroom walls. We have students
who visit us from all over New Zealand. When the schools
are on holidayÑwhich is in two weeks time, we will
get an influx of students from the Northern Hemisphere coming
to visit us. With geysers and hot mud pools and hot water
springs for cooking in, our lessons are many and varied.
Our situation, although slightly more diverse than the Museum,
still has a few issues. The main one being the small 5 per
cent of teachers who want to leave the students in my care
and go away for a coffee! That is not an option with our lessons
as we deal with real life geysers that boil all day at 98 degrees
centigrade.
Poihaere Hanna,
Rotorua City, New Zealand
Thank You from Rockefeller U.
To the Editor:
Thank you Dr. Pola Rosen, and your staff at Education Update,
for your commitment.
Appearing in the same issue with Laura Bush on the cover and
Caroline Kennedy on page 9 is sure to get us noticed!
You have been so thoughtful and kind to us over the years and
you are so committed to excellence in education.
Bonnie Kaiser, Ph.D., Director,
Pre-college Science Education Program,
The Rockefeller University
Response to "Sopranos" Writer Tells His Story
To the Editor:
I grew up in Brooklyn also and hung out with Terri for years.
It was so good reading about him and I am very happy for
his success, and that he is doing what he loves. Great to
read about him.
Janet, the girl with the long red hair and an Alice Cooper
album.