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Jaci Kildare, 1176 De Solo Dr, Pacifica, CA 94044

14 April 1977
Hello Cheri, 

I'm finally returning a long over-due letter; and when I think about it, I really could not have written back sooner. I tried a couple of times, but I wasn't sure of what I wanted.

I'm going to be ready for FSW this fall. I'm ready now, but I've got to earn the money!!!

It's amazing to me the growth and the awareness of what I want and need to create [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] has grown in the past 6 months! (Unfortunetly, my command of written English language is not so hot!!) I'm taking this horrible Art History Course at S.F. state, alá H. JANSON, what a bore,- all of my papers are handed back, corrected grammatically and with the suggestion to pick up Strunk's The Element's of Style Book! I just laugh - the papers arent worth the effort!

I'm finally realizing I dont have to go to a university. They are not a place to learn, only a place to be disciplined, to be condenscend (upon?) and treated like a kid.

Its hard to come to the realization that the University is not a learning institution. I've always held it on such a high pedestal! There are good things though, degrees to get jobs, etc. But right now, I need to be free and with people who are open and exciting and loving! I can sure learn then!

I read a book by John Farber called The Student as Nigger. He talks about schools, and their purpose to train the student to fit in to society. The book made so much sense! The Art History course I'm taking is the predictable format, teacher at front, students facing towards teacher, backs to one another- And then the boring lectures and lousy slides. I'm not learning a thing. It's all too easy!! I sit there and take notes, write papers, take exams, and 

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