Yes, Alison, you are absolutely right-- giving up is not an option-- but finding an alternative solution is. From my way of thinking, there is always an alternative that will have profound benefit; all we have to do as teachers is to help our adult students have confidence in themselves as we work with them to find a good fit.

Thanks for your comment. I appreciate it, barb given

Barbara K. Given, Ph.D.
Director, Adolescent and Adult Learning Research Center
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, and
Director, Center for Honoring Individual Learning Diversity, an International Learning Styles Center 
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Fax: 703-993-4325
Ph:  703-993-4406

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What a beautiful story Barbara.  I think we got  more than just phonemic 
awareness from it.  It's a matter of not giving up  on our students no matter 
their age or ability.  There is no such thing as  not being able to learn; we just 
have to learn  differently.
 
Alison
 
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I  have ended up 
where I needed to be. " 
~ Kahlil Douglas  Adams
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