Carol Joy's Last Day

June 26, 2008

Here is a short interview with Carol Joy, our past Student Services Coordinator, on her last day.  Carol Joy has been great to work with (you notice I didn’t say joy–that would have just been lame) and has been a wonderful advocate for our students.  We’re all going to miss her and all her zanniness!  […]

If You Don't Have a GED…

June 24, 2008

    Well, I can’t say what it’s like for other people who don’t have a GED or diploma, but from my own personal view and experiences, it’s very difficult to go through life without one or the other.  Nowadays, it’s very hard to even get a job that doesn’t require you to have a […]

GED and ESOL: Lots of Work and Extra Trouble

June 20, 2008

Recently, I asked one of my students to describe the difficulties of attending both a GED and an ESOL class.  While I imagine that we can all understand that GED class is difficult enough (how many of us really want to see what our score would be on the GED Math test?) but add that […]

End of the Year Testing

June 11, 2008

Like most people, I don’t think I’d list testing in my students top 5 recreational activities.  Heck, I don’t even think it’d come close to top 10.  Would any of us put it into our top 100?  However, it’s easy to understand how progressive testing is an integral part of the learning process.  You see, […]

A Makeover

May 9, 2008

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about some challenging students in my GEN Y GED class.  I’d had a few rough classes and sometimes that just gets discouraging.  One student in particular wouldn’t even participate.  His first day, I was kind of perplexed.  I wasn’t sure if he didn’t understand what we were going […]

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