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Article overlooked those who didn't attend college
Thank you for writing that feature
Great, the homos want to get married too?

Article overlooked those who didn't attend college

Your review of local 4-year colleges and universities ("Graduating with Honors," February 23), was missing one important institution of higher learning: The School of Hard Knocks.

My mother used to put out lit cigarette butts on me and by little brothers' faces, so we were glad when she left us. But try being a Mommy at age twelve. That's harder than Advanced Calculus.

Then, 4 years later, when my father died in a fly fishing accident, I had to play Daddy too. Economics 101 won't teach you how to pay a mortgage when you're seventeen, but the School of Hard Knocks sure will.

My story continues in senior year of high school, where I gave birth to my beautiful baby girl, Sierra, just five days after graduation. I had to take a third-shift job at a plastic utensil factory just to pay for formula and diapers. I saved what little money I could for eight years before finally having enough to invest in my dream job: Owning a strip-mall nail salon.

Now I alienate my potential customers by consistently bringing up the fact that I didn't go to college but still managed to start my own business. A couple of my favorite awkward conversation starters are: "College graduates need to be taught everything," and "I have to pick up my daughter from her Grandma's at 5:30."

It was such a great victory for people like me who thrive on the "Book Smarts vs. Street Smarts" debate when Donald Trump decided to make it the premise of this season's Apprentice. But an article like yours, which doesn't even mention uneducated self-made men and women such as myself? That set us back decades.

Debbie Hardy, Northside

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Thank you for writing that feature

I just wanted to thank you for writing that feature on cross-stitching ("It's 'Sew' Easy," February 16). It's nice to see someone writing favorably of this easy-to-learn, yet hard-to-master hobby of the needle and thread. Keep more articles like this coming!

Olivia Banesfield, Harrison

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Great, the homos want to get married too?

I was disappointed to read your editorial last week, where you stated that they should reform Ohio law to allow homos to marry ("Homosexuals Should Not Be Denied Basic Rights," March 1).

It's not enough that homos get the right to own property and vote, now they want to get married too? Think about it. If God wanted homos to get married, they'd be born married. Remember, it's "Adam and Eve," not "Adam and Steve."

At this point in my letter, I'd like to quote a vague passage from a 2000-year old scripture that is sure to convince your editorial board to rethink their entire point of view:

"Whatever you did for the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." - Matthew 25:41

Rick Dalton, New Richmond