Inbox: Letters of the Year

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Lindsay Smith, ATLANTA

JUNE 21 "THE SPREADING STAIN"

The oil-spill article was very thorough. What made me weep, however, was my beloved, oil-drenched state bird on the cover.

Jill Hilbrecht, BATON ROUGE, LA.

SEPT. 20 "A CALL TO ACTION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS"

We no longer teach students how to think or learn; we teach students to take tests.

Jessica Hendricks, LABELLE, FLA.

DEC. 6 "TIME FRAMES"

Excellent job of characterizing 2000 through 2010. You refer to the century's first "decade." You are a year late! Or perhaps Time has redefined a decade as 11 years.

Thomas R. Spacek, HOLLAND, PA.

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