Dear Editors, An administrator confiscated my hat. I was overcome with a mania that made me want to express the incomprehensibility of the rule. First, Atlanta Public Schools policy outlines seven “school dress code requirements.” To paraphrase, they are: 1. Dress cannot pose health or safety hazards. 2. Dress must be modest and of appropriate length and size. 3. Dr...

Dear Editors, The holiday season is one filled with expectation … of two weeks off from classes, of no more tests and homework. I find that I seem t...

Dear Editors, The stereotype of the stern “shushing” librarian demanding total silence is universally recognized and widely regarded as representing outdated attitudes about the purpose of a library. The image is so familiar that when the Seattle-based Archie McPhee Toy Company created the Librarian Action Figure in 2003, everyone around the country got the joke and t...

Dear Editors, We were disconcerted to see the startlingly negative title of Katie Earles’ article on the efficacy of the language classes at Grady. We feel an obligation to remind readers and writers of the Southerner that fluency in a language is not something that is acquired easily. The proficiency standards published by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language...