Missing the Point.

• Author: Wines, Michael
• Position: Schools, Russia - Brief Article

Russian teenager Anya Provorova thought it was a good idea: writing President Vladimir Putin to ask for a video camera to tape the graduation party at her school, about 300 miles northeast of Moscow. But when the 17-year-old sent the letter, with help from classmates at Vorobyovo Secondary School, she made a few errors of grammar and usage--leaving out an exclamation point, for example. When officials learned of the mistakes, they took a school medal away...