Published: April 1, 1995

Letters

By the way, although the movie Up the Down Staircase was as disappointing as you say, the Bel Kaufman book it was based on is hilarious reading.

Also, on a different matter, after months of study and experimentation, I have devised an ingenious solution for the subscriber who complained in your January issue ["Letters''] that Teacher Magazine is "so LARGE'' that it would not "slip easily into [her] briefcase.''

All this reader needs to do is follow these directions: 1) Place the magazine (closed, with front cover facing up) on a hard surface. 2) Grasp the two bottom corners with both hands and lift those corners upward and then push them downward, until they touch the two top corners. 3) Release one corner and then use that free hand to press your fist down upon the edge of the back cover nearest your body; slide that hand (while applying constant pressure) to the left and right several times each. 4) The magazine, now in a condition known as "folded in half,'' should be only 7 1/2 by 11 inches and, though thicker, will slip easily...