Editors Note
I try whenever possible to avoid being sentimental when I write this column. I don�t always succeed, but I do my best. Even when I�m writing about things like my dad�s messy garage, my dead cat or growing up in a dusty little town in the middle of nowhere, I try to make the stories as factual � and hopefully amusing � as I possibly can.

Letter of the week : SOCIAL STUDIES
None of my friends like school, but I do.