11.1 September 24, 1967 Frank to his parents
Sept 24 Hi. I will try to get a few words in here before bed time. Everyone keeps asking about the kids education, where they go to school, etc. They are all taking correspondence courses and Amy, Vicki, and Milton have a complete course for each of their grades. They have a regular time each morning that they sit down to do their work. We try to run it on schedule. They all do so well that without taking recesses they all finish by noon. The courses seem to be quite easy bu the main thing is that they do not have to wait while the rest of the class catches up. It makes you wonder about the amount of time wasted in school. They are not attending public school here for several reasons. There are quite a few schools near, but the teaching staff is under qualified by our standards. Amy and Milt would have to learn the vernacular because they do not start teaching in English till Standard four. Also there are a limited number of places available and if we sent them that would take a p...