After reading Jerome Alan Carter's note, I feel a bit of unnecessary roughness--lethargy?laughable? frightening? Who is Jerome Alan Carter? Has he helped build a youth center? Has he raised 4 kids as a single mom? Has he been married to a rich man who refused to help his wife after hitting one their kids? I was merely pointing out that first of all our kids need to learn independent living skills, learning to treat others the way they wanted to be treated--millions of kids are orphaned because of deatbeat parents--possibly parenting skills would be more useful than algebra.