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P.M. The public schools around here are absolutely
abominable, & the parochial schools though plentiful
& scholastically adequate are quite rigid & old-fashioned
in their approach. I hear that they still
force left-handed kids to write with their right hands,
& that went out with the bustle. There are a couple of
well-regarded private schools in Cambridge, but I'm
not sure that they're not just secular versions of the
parochial schools. Boston College, which is run by
the Jesuits & isn't far from where I go to school, has
a Montessori School, & I'd really love the kids to
have the experience of starting their educational experience under
that technique. It would blend well with the advanced
approach of the schools, public & Catholic,
in the Palo Alto area. They start them at around 3 in
a Montessori school & they progress at their own
speed in an ungraded situation. I haven't looked
into it yet, but I'm sure going to give it a try before
getting involved with anything else. You don't suppose
Chas. McKee has any pull there, do you?

This summer is what we're really looking forward
to. I'm going to get the kids signed up for swimming
lessons somewhere, & we're going to take advantage
of all these ponds & beaches around here.
The kids already got their feet in the Atlantic, at the