Understanding learning disabilities in children today
Virginia Reed summarizes common questions about learning disabilities in students with normal intelligence. The column clarifies myths about retardation and emotion, defines auditory and visual learners, explains building on strengths, and notes how teachers identify LD. It cites prevalence estimates from Kass Myklebust and Vallet.
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Virginia Reed
Leonardo da Vinci
Albert Einstein
Edison
Kass and Myklebust
Vallet
Pecos High names twenty one to Mu Alpha Theta club
Twenty one Pecos High School students received Mu Alpha Theta membership as the national mathematics honor group expands. Nominees must have four college prep math semesters with distinction and a B average overall. Mrs. Carolyn Rankin sponsors the Pecos chapter. members include Susan Urquidez and Priscilla Cobos among others.
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Pecos
Pecos High School
Mu Alpha Theta
International High School
Harold V. Huneke
University of Oklahoma
MY Alpha Theta
Huneke
Canada
Japan
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Iceland
Turkey
Switzerland
Mathematical Association of America
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Carolyn Rankin
Mu Alpha Theta Club
Pecos High
Reading a private world in a loud breakfast debate
Erma Bombeck skewers the practice of reading a newspaper aloud at home, noting how one spouse insists on narrating every detail while the other resists. The column humorously contrasts private reading with public delivery as couples navigate words and wit. Insurance losses rise in Canada post WW II with parts, labor, and hospital costs outpacing premiums, per the Insurance Bureau.
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Erma Bombeck
United States
E.F. Hutton
Virginia School of Medicine
Playboy
Toronto
Insurance Bureau of Canada
Bureau
Dear Ann and the ambulance ethic tale
A reader urges space for the wear of "nice" underwear in emergencies after an ambulance driver notes 4000 monthly runs and shocking sights. Another letter thanks Ann for plain talk on living together. A third offers parenting advice and a cry for help about a jealous preschooler.
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Ann
J.C
R.N
Louisville
Trenton
R.R.L
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New York Life
New York
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International Group
Susan Urquidez
Priscilla Cobos
Kelly Peer
Bradley Miller
Connie Shoemaker
Cynthia Montgomery
Jesus Rayos
Barney Natividad
Steve Rayos
Kirk Holub
Stephen Balog
John Moore
Marcus Dingler
Gayla Bolling
Eulalio Fuentes
Fabian Mata
Amita Bhakta
Sandra Tellez
Esperanza Mendoza
Jeffrey Ornelas
Anna Belle Calanchi
Wit’s End
Dear Ann
Ann Landers
P.O
Chicago
Illinois
Morning Glory
South Eddy
S. Eddy
Carl McGee
Betty Massey
NEW York Life Insurance Company
Adams
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