Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id EAA15614; Thu, 25 May 2000 04:33:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 04:33:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <002c01bfc61a$814fc040$246eaccf@default> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Michele Neverdon" <neverdo@erols.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:248] Re: Spring is here? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 5819 Lines: 130 Please take my e-mail address off of your list. I unsubscribe several weeks ago. Thanks, neverdo@erols.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeri Levesque" <levesqjr@webster.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 4:36 PM Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:246] Re: Spring is here? > > --------------A2EC36F7A65965CC50B44489 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Ralph and Others, > Persistence is key to most adult success stories. Last week I spoke to > two ABE (AEL) ladies. They were studying for the GED. The younger of the > two was in her mid sixties. One lady said to me, "Do you know how hard > it is to come here day after day and learn this old brain new math?" > She's moved from level 2 to level 7 in 8 weeks, working five days a > week. She started reading at a 3rd grade level and said it's moving > slow. One of the ladies said she was going to get her grand daughter to > come to class with her. Try to race her to the GED. The other nodded and > felt soon she's going to convince her daughter that if Mom could do it, > well she could too - even if she was over 40. > > Motivating persistence toward educational goals is difficult for many > women enrolled in family literacy programs. It's because their lives are > crisis oriented and they are first responsible for family (multiple > generations and extensions) and then they attend to their own needs. I > like John Coming's ideas about persistence. Do we teach it? or Is it a > nature given virtue? > > Best, > Jeri Levesque,Ed.D. > Associate Professor, Webster University > Program Evaluator, LIFT-Missouri > > ralph silva wrote: > > > > > > > Spring is here-sort of. I'm still sitting in front of the woodstove > > here in Vermont. I have plenty of time to read the new FOB. If you > > haven't read it yet, now's the time. It isn't very long, and the > > subject is quite compelling. > > What is it that reminds you that you are a teacher? For me it's seeing > > my students come back to class every week, having fun learning new > > things-it's having them sign up for the next class, looking forward to > > the first session-it's getting emails from a student at her new job, > > telling me how much she likes it, or asking for my help with her > > office computer. > > In other words, it's persistence, students persisting in following > > their education plans, taking control over their own academic, life > > skills, and career futures. > > What does student persistence mean to you? How do you observe/measure > > student persistence. Where does persistence stand in relation to other > > adult ed issues;! Accountability, Assessment, Standards, etc. Let's > > discuss. RS > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > http://www.hotmail.com > > --------------A2EC36F7A65965CC50B44489 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> > <html> > Ralph and Others, > <br>Persistence is key to most adult success stories. Last week I spoke > to two ABE (AEL) ladies. They were studying for the GED. The younger of > the two was in her mid sixties. One lady said to me, "Do you know how hard > it is to come here day after day and learn this old brain new math?" She's > moved from level 2 to level 7 in 8 weeks, working five days a week. She > started reading at a 3rd grade level and said it's moving slow. One of > the ladies said she was going to get her grand daughter to come to class > with her. Try to race her to the GED. The other nodded and felt soon she's > going to convince her daughter that if Mom could do it, well she could > too - even if she was over 40. > <p>Motivating persistence toward educational goals is difficult for many > women enrolled in family literacy programs. It's because their lives are > crisis oriented and they are first responsible for family (multiple generations > and extensions) and then they attend to their own needs. I like John Coming's > ideas about persistence. Do we teach it? or Is it a nature given virtue? > <p>Best, > <br>Jeri Levesque,Ed.D. > <br>Associate Professor, Webster University > <br>Program Evaluator, LIFT-Missouri > <p>ralph silva wrote: > <blockquote TYPE=CITE> > <div id=cdiv> > > <p style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font face="Arial">Spring is here-sort of. > I'm still sitting in front of the woodstove here in Vermont. I have plenty > of time to read the new FOB. If you haven't read it yet, now's the time. > It isn't very long, and the subject is quite compelling.</font> > <br><font face="Arial">What is it that reminds you that you are a teacher? > For me it's seeing my students come back to class every week, having fun > learning new things-it's having them sign up for the next class, looking > forward to the first session-it's getting emails from a student at her > new job, telling me how much she likes it, or asking for my help with her > office computer.</font> > <br><font face="Arial">In other words, it's persistence, students persisting > in following their education plans, taking control over their own academic, > life skills, and career futures.</font> > <br><font face="Arial">What does student persistence mean to you? How do > you observe/measure student persistence. Where does persistence stand in > relation to other adult ed issues;! Accountability, Assessment, Standards, > etc. Let's discuss. RS</font></div> > > <hr>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at <a href="http://www.hotmail.com/">http://www.hotmail.com></blockquote> > </html> > > --------------A2EC36F7A65965CC50B44489-- >
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