While former Eton graduates
have gone on to attend Michigan
State University, Wayne State
University Law School, Bernard
Baruch Business Institute and
Oregon State University, among
others, Dr. Beltzman believes in
being honest as well as opti-
mistic. If a young man or woman
simply cannot add and subtract,
it is preposterous, and indeed
cruel, to encourage his aspira-
tions to be a math professor.
"I am not going to set anybody
up for failure," Dr. Beltzman in-
sists. Herself the mother of an
LD child, she says she "under-
stands the parents' pain, but I
also believe we have to accept
who we are."
Parents of students at the
Transition Center are as likely
to benefit as their children.

The first issue is one facing
many parents: how to reconcile
disparate aspirations of mother,
father and child. What can the
family do when the son wants to
study art, the father wants him
to be a physician and his mother
wants him to be president?
The second deals with the lone-
liness and isolation parents of LD
children may feel. Meeting with
others in the same situation "can
be a wonderful relief," Dr. Beltz-
man says. "It's very comforting,
and it means they can share ex-
periences and resources." ❑

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Offers an outstanding core curriculum for pre-kindergarten

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St For information on the
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open to anyone in the commu-
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1755 Melton, Birmingham, MI
48809, (810) 642-1150.

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• Average 6 to 1 student-faculty ratio • State-of-the-art

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A Case For Change

CRANBROOK KINGSWOOD UPPER SCHOOL

The two candidates vying for the Oakland County
prosecutor's job differ in style, not in substance.

Provides a co-educational day and boarding environment,

grades 9 through 12 • Recognized as exemplary school

by the U.S. Deportment of Education • Exceptional record
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JULIE EDGAR STAFF WRITER

he key similarity between
the two candidates run-
ning for Oakland County
prosecutor is their belief in
prosecutorial flexibility. Their
differences, beyond party affili-
ation, personal style and cam-
paign coffers, are harder to
pinpoint.
David Gorcyca, the 34-year-
old Republican, left the Prose-
cutor's Office six years ago with
a deep distrust of the rigid no-
plea-bargain policies and routine
attacks on judges that have
defined Prosecutor Richard
Thompson's tenure during the
last eight years.
Since Mr. Thompson's election
in 1988, the office has
experienced a near-total
turnover of staff, leaving
inexperienced attorneys
to handle complex felony
cases, Mr. Gorcyca says.
"We want to curtail the

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David Gorcyca

wholesale flight of
prosecutors — some
have been there 18,
19 years and have left
to become defense at-
torneys," he says.
Steve Kaplan, the 43-
year-old Democrat, has served as
a Macomb County assistant pros-
ecutor for some 10 years, trying
160 felony cases, 14 of them in-
volving murder charges. In can-
didate forums, he has focused on
his trial experience and work on
behalf of crime victims. Mr. Gor-
cyca, he says, served only two
years in the Prosecutor's Office
and spent the last six "defending
felons."
"I'm a career prosecutor. I'm
dedicated to law enforcement,
having done this for 10 years," Mr.
Kaplan says.
Mr. Gorcyca, who says his

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