Received: (news@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.6.8/940311.01ccg) id JAA11526 for nifl-family@novel.nifl.gov; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:59:12 -0500 Path: literacy.nifl.gov!nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov From: QMEIN@aol.com Newsgroups: nifl.family Subject: Re: Even Start Dilemma Date: 19 Dec 1995 09:59:11 -0500 Organization: National Institute for Literacy Lines: 9 Sender: listproc@literacy.nifl.gov Distribution: nifl Message-ID: <951219100003_75859430@emout05.mail.aol.com> Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Apparently-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Status: O X-Status: The question isn't naive. The answer is obvious when you think about it. When you set a goal and then you reach it, what do you do next if you are motivated and feeling successful? Set a new goal! So if they get their GED, they set a new goal of writing a resume, or getting a job. This works as long as a "welfare" agency isn't setting the goals and the time limits for the families. Parents do sometimes leave the program when they are at a plateau. They reached a goal and need a breather. Then they are bored without us, so they come back and "visit" as volunteers or they apply to re-enter. Cathy Lindsley, Even Start Family Literacy, Columbia County, Ore.
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