What's In Your Stocking?

August 25, 2009

Since I teach a much younger GED class, I try to keep the discussions and assignments current. Each lesson that is taught is brought around full circle so that the students can personally relate. The purpose of the following activity is to teach the students how to interpret and analyze pictures with hidden messages. I found this […]

Early death concern for dropouts

August 12, 2009

Anecdoctal research in England shows that one in six teenagers out of work or education for a long period could be dead within 10 years. The research looked back at the so-called ‘Neets’ (not in education, employment or training) of 10 years ago, and discovered that 15% of those studied had already died. Although this is […]

New Vocabulary, Real Life

August 11, 2009

In each GED class taught at Project Learn, the instructors put an emphasis on expanding the students’ vocabulary. This is important because misunderstanding a word could cause them to miss a question on the GED test. In my Generation Y GED class, I take it one step further by requiring that the students write a […]

Generation Y and Harlem Nights

August 6, 2009

A few months ago, I started teaching the Generation Y GED class in addition to my duties as community relations manager. The class is for students who are 16 to 24 years old, hence the name Generation Y. At first, I didn’t know what to expect and wondered how my students would respond to me […]

Time to Break Cycle of No Skills, No Jobs

August 3, 2009

The Detroit Free Press reported that low level of literacy adds fuel to employment crisis. Very true. In Summit County, Ohio, there are 45,000 adults who don’t read well enough to earn a living wage. There is also 52,000 adults over the age of 25 who lack a high school diploma. This is a problem for people […]

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