SK> -> *5   INTERGENERATION LEARNING:  SENIORS AND STUDENTS IN ST. LOUIS  
SK>  A
SK> -> program that uses retired people to volunteer as tutors
SK> -> for St. Louis, Mo., elementary school children is ready to expand 
SK> to
SK> -> a middle school (Jarrett, St. Louis POST-DISPATCH, 10/10).
    It may make the retirees feel good, but does it really help "save" the 
kids?  Remedial courses in colleges have a dismal failure rate, and they deal 
with kids who were interested enough to at least want to be in 
college...while many K-12 kids hate school.
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