Treat 'Em or Jail 'Em? A Student’s Opinion

November 11, 2009

On Monday, the Akron Beacon Journal published a thought-provoking article about treating drug addicts rather than sending them to jail. Here’s a few interesting statistics presented in the article to support the case: According to federal data, 7.6 million Americans needed treatment for illicit drug use in 2008, and only 1.2 million — or 16 [...]

Being An American

October 29, 2009

I’m always looking for ways to keep my lessons interesting for my students, which range in age from 18 to 62. Many have really excelled in essay writing since the class first started and when I came across the Bill of Rights Institute’s national Being An American Essay Contest this week, I got the idea [...]

Congress Declares National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week

October 22, 2009

Project Learn invites you to join us in celebrating National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week (NAEFLW), October 18 – 24, 2009.  This Congressional declaration is the culmination of literacy advocacy and outreach resulting in 26 co-signers in the House. Congresswoman Betty Sutton and Congressman Tim Ryan also voted in favor of the bill.   This acknowledgement [...]

Why Youth Respond With Violence

October 20, 2009

In September, teenage honor student Derrion Albert was beaten to death on his way home from school. In the Generation Y GED class, students watched the explicit video of the fight/death that was filmed on a cell phone.  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If16VgGcrwI] The Project Learn students were then instructed to write a response about the state of our [...]

New Vocabulary, Real Life

October 8, 2009

This week’s vocabulary list was a good one. Vocabulary Words: Disappoint Discipline Dismissal Earnest Embarrassment Engage Excessive Excuse The students seemed to enjoy using their imagination to complete the somewhat challenging assignment (use the assigned vocabulary to write a story). Below are a few that made me smile: I once met someone who always felt [...]

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