NEWS
October 8, 1992 | SHEARLEAN DUKE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The last thing Ramon Mendoza is thinking about right now is dropping out of school. After all, he's just started first grade--and besides, he's having too much fun learning to read and write. By the time he's in junior high, his teachers hope that Ramon will be so successful in school that dropping out will still be the last thing on his mind.