I am lucky. I attend a school where music and the arts have been made a priority. I am sorry to say that schools like mine are becoming a thing of the past. In most places, administrators are so obsessed with raising test scores that they have left some really important things by the wayside.

I am responding "2 maulings revive pit bull concerns" (Oct. 29, Page B-2). As the mother of a 10-month old baby and the owner of a pit bull who lives in our home, I do not agree with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wanting to ban pit bulls. However, I do believe that the punishment for treating an animal inhumanly should be dramatically increased.