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As an eighth-grader, I have a strong opinion about the efforts to stop school violence. The safety and lockdown measures being taken in public schools are absurd and infringe on a student's already limited privacy. As for the "warning signs," isn't it a clear indication of danger when someone states that he has plans to kill another student? The profiling system, Mosaic, could forever cast an eight-year-old as a troublemaker, even if his crime were only drawing an armed stick figure. Friends would stay away from him, crippling any social life he might have. What a system. DAVID SEAMAN, age 14 Crownsville, Md.
How to Help Rwandans
Thank you for your coverage of the infant-mortality rate and death of new mothers in Rwanda and for bringing to the world's attention--again--the terrible problems that still exist in parts of Africa [WORLD, April 17]. We are glad to learn how to respond to the International Rescue Committee and Netaid project, but please publish an address for those of us who don't have computers or don't want to use our credit card on the Internet. ANNE E. CORLEY Bristol, Va.
Donations for Rwandan relief can be sent to the International Rescue Committee at P.O. Box 98152, Dept. TM, Washington, DC 20090-8152.