Letters to the Editor

Based upon my own personal experience, better solutions exist than those being pursued by the Komperdas. Jane Komperda does not need her mother or a tutor to read all of her textbooks to her. My sister cannot read at all because she is blind, and yet she still utilized tools such as teachers, audio books and computer-based programs to scan in her textbooks to overcome this disability. Not only does she attend college, but she was awarded a full-ride scholarship to Colorado College by excelling in difficult courses like advanced-placement physics, advanced-placement calculus and advanced-placement language throughout high school.

Finally, I would suggest the possibility that the rise in Ms. Komperda's test scores is due more to her involvement in challenging texts through a normal English literature/language class than the involvement of a $60-an-hour tutor.

Elliot Dickerson
Greenwood Village