HI Cece, 

I don't know if you'll see this message or not. If you do, I would like
to say I have read your message several times and shown it to others
here.

I want to add to the comments of the others that these are beautiful
words and an inpiration to those us who who try to work in adult
literacy. 

And, if you do receive this message, I'm sure some of us would be
interested in knowing why you decided to come back to education? 

You said: 

"I went for help when I was 50 years old  it was very hard to fine the
help I needed. I think you need to focus on how hard it is to fine help.
I had to make six or eight calls before I found help, a lot of people
will just give up it's hard to fine the help we need."

What was it at 50 years of age that made you decide to make all those
calls and overcome the fears you had?

Hope to hear from you. 

Every success....

Allan 

 
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From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Lynne
Toepke
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 5:27 PM
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 788] Re: Hard to reach people with
lowliteracy skills

Thank you for sharing cece.  I would like to read this to some of our
students, and maybe include some of it in our next newsletter if you
don't mind.  Keep up the good work!  You're a winner!


>>> cece tilsley <cece422000 at yahoo.com> 01/22/07 3:32 PM >>>

Hi All,
   
  I was a low level reader and I would like you all to know how afraid
we are to come in and get help. We know we need help it's not just we
think that we don't and we are okay, I can't understand how any one can
think that? I think fear is what holds a lot of us back. We put on this
front that all is okay and life is good but we know in our heart we are
not okay at all. We pray no one finds out about our secret of not being
able to read books, street signs,menus, show marquees and so on. If we
can do mate it's a challenge just to add or subtract. There are so many
of us who have tried to make our lives better for our families and
ourselves don't you all think it starts in first grade ? I was left
behind from the start but, I didn't know it until I got much older. I
guess they called me slow that what happened to me? I really not sure. I
am not slow but, I am dyslexic and never got the extra few minutes it
would have take to help me. I went for help when I was 50 years old
 it was very hard to fine the help I needed. I think you need to focus
on how hard it is to fine help. I had to make six or eight calls before
I found help, a lot of people will just give up it's hard to fine the
help we need. 
  I am now 64 years old I have two adult children now. I started at 50
years old learning how to read better and learn math too, I worked full
time and lots of over time too, it took me about ten years to get my
G.E.D. and now I am helping others like myself. I tutor in reading, math
and computers. The students come no matter what the weather is or how
much snow we have. I have health problems for the pass years but I only
cancel classes when it's a lot of snow or it's way below zero. The
student they would come it's me I can't make it at those times. 
  I know this is not much to go by, I just wanted to let you all know
it's  hard to fine help and we are really afraid to look for it to for
fear we can't learn too. 
   
  Thank You 
  Cecelia (Cece) Tilsley 
  Moraine Valley Community College
  Palos Hill, IL 

Lendoak at aol.com wrote:
      Dear David Rosen,
   
  Of course there are many reasons for people not enrolling in literacy
training programs to improve their reading and language skills.  One
factor that is sometimes overlooked is the perception of those with
limited literacy skills.  
   
  The 1993 NAAL survey reported that many people with very low literacy
skills perceived that they have quite adequate literacy skills.  So,
"what's to improve?"
   
  Although we've both been volunteer tutors for a number of years, we
don't have much experience in trying to change such perceptions in order
to recruit new students.  We suspect that perhaps a personal benefits
approach might work. We wonder how others may have implemented such an
approach.  
   
  Len and Ceci Doak
  Patient Learning Assoc. Inc.
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