Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h9ENKeV01364; Tue, 14 Oct 2003 19:20:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 19:20:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <sf8c4bc7.075@langate.gsu.edu> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2742] RE: needs of younger students X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.0.4 Beta Status: O Content-Length: 2223 Lines: 57 Sylvan, You raise interesting points. - Are you able to include physical activities for your younger students who want it? - It would be fascinating to do a study to see what happens to those teen moms who are stuck at home and don't attend adult literacy programs later in life. Daphne Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy MSC 6A0360 Georgia State University 33 Gilmer Street SE Unit 6 Atlanta, GA 30303-3086 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu >>> sylvan@cccchs.org 10/14/03 12:58PM >>> Not sure what you mean by "younger." We typically have 20-somethings in our class because it's part of a program for families with pre-school children. So it's rare for our students to be over 40. We sometimes have 18- or 19-year-olds, and the issues are different for them -- maybe ages 18-21 -- than for even slightly older parents. Usually this is paired with the fact that they became mothers at an early age -- 14 or 15 -- and so didn't get to do adolescence, may be dealing with an older and/or abusive husband, and often had education interrupted. One thing that has surfaced is that a lot of them want some sort of physical education / activity -- sports, or dance, or something similar. I'm also aware of teen moms younger than 18 who are sequestered in houses with babies, often their own plus their mothers' and/or siblings', who just get lost and don't get their education. Sometimes we're lucky and see those moms when they get a little older, but I don't know what happens to a lot of them. ------- Sylvan Rainwater mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org Program Managaer Family Literacy Clackamas Co. Children's Commission / Head Start Oregon City, OR USA -----Original Message----- From: nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Daphne Greenberg Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 12:47 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2738] needs of younger students Many of us have increasingly more and more younger students showing up in our adult literacy classrooms. I am wondering if anyone has noticed age related issues that you would like to share with us? Anything that you notice in regards to gender and age?
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