Capistano Valley High School

Jeremy Garrett admits he's not the most motivated player on the Capistrano Valley High School basketball team. But he has no problem finding inspiration once the game starts. All he does is make eye contact with his father, Winson. While growing up in Fountain Valley, Garrett watched his father win a battle tougher than any basketball game. Injured in a car accident in 1985, Winson underwent three operations to repair a slipped disk and nerve damage in his left leg.

Jeremy Garrett admits he's not the most motivated player on the Capistrano Valley High School basketball team. But he has no problem finding inspiration once the game starts. All he does is make eye contact with his father, Winson. While growing up in Fountain Valley, Garrett watched his father win a battle tougher than any basketball game. Injured in a car accident in 1985, Winson underwent three operations to repair a slipped disk and nerve damage in his left leg.

I've not read even the big print of Amnesty International's charter nor that of the Capistrano Valley High School, but I am a credentialed educator and card-carrying political scientist. More, the Capistrano Valley High School officials may not have recently read these documents either and thus erred in denying students' request for an Amnesty International on-campus chapter (The Times, Feb. 19). But look. These worthy educative fellows have a point in their denial of the students' request.