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Brother Joe
To the editor: Jeff Prince’s feature story on my brother Joe was just a fabulous piece of writing (“Natural Man,” Feb. 20, 2008). He really captured the man, his situation, his outlook. I appreciate this very much and feel like it will do some real good in the world by increasing awareness of all the things Joe has stood for.
Frank Kuban
Ferris
To the editor: I’ve just read the excellent article on Joe Kuban and was very sorry to hear about his illness. My wife and I knew Joe quite well back in the 1980s when he attended our church with his then-wife Melanie. Please forward our best wishes to him and let him know that he and his family will be in our prayers.
Parks and Lou Ann Mahaney
Arlington
To the editor: I just wanted to thank you for a wonderfully well-written article about my former ecology teacher. I laughed and cried as I thought about the wonderful memories I have of Dr. Kuban’s classes. My sister, brother, and cousins all had him as a teacher and have countless memories of the classes they had with him.
I am a teacher now in Washington, D.C., and hope that my students will one day remember me as I remember Dr. Kuban, so full of life and passionate about teaching.
Patricia Salazar
Washington, D.C.
To the editor: I just finished reading your terrific article on Dr. Kuban. As a father of a Nolan High graduate and of a current senior enrolled in Dr. Kuban’s class, I can validate the inspirational experience. Our children are blessed to have experienced the life of Dr. Kuban, and we appreciate you sharing a small part of it with others.
Mickey Grasty
Arlington
Language/Barrier
To the editor: Dan McGraw has some merit with his “On Second Thouight” column (“Spanish Stand-Off,” Feb. 27, 2008) regarding the positive side of being bilingual. However, to mandate the teaching of Spanish is at best discriminatory, considering that we are a diversified country with many cultures and languages. Why should Spanish be the only option? Remember, these classes are funded by taxpayers, and they shouldn’t benefit only one language group.
I have an alternative idea that should appease everyone. Why don’t we teach sign language? It’s universally understood, and its use would mean no specific spoken language was being singled out.
Dee Taylor
Fort Worth
To the editor: Dan McGraw’s guest column missed some of the really pertinent points at issue regarding languages taught in our schools. Why do we capitulate and play concierge to those who don’t want to learn English? They cross our border to assimilate into our culture and workforce, so why not learn the language, too?
When my grandfolks immigrated to this country from abroad, they had to learn English to pass the required citizenship test. No one taught German to schoolchildren to help them. When thousands of Vietnamese arrived in this country after the Indo-China war, no one taught classes in their language.
Aren’t the school textboks still in English? When in Rome, you do as the Romans do; when in America, you do as the Americans do, and that includes learning the language of our land.
Jerry Watkins
Fort Worth
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