Examines the problems of a gifted student going through elementary and secondary school and suggests some guidelines for parents and teachers in helping these students to satisfy their emotional needs. (RK)

Describes the characteristics associated with children who have receptive language disability or aphasia, the difficulties these children have in everyday living, the problems they can expect in school, and the responsibility of the teacher and parent in helping the aphasic child overcome his problem. (RK)

Decries teachers' dependence on textbooks and "canned" materials, tracing this dependence to pressures to quantify student performance and noting the effects of this pressure on private schools' policymakers, parents, faculty, and students. Urges that textbooks be used as only a part of elementary and secondary school curricula. (RW)

Author evaluated her experiences as a young student teacher in an open classroom. (RK)