Literacy: Spanning North America
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Woman's cup of confidence overflows
as her reading skills improve
Guelph Today: 4.14.2017
by Rob O'Flanagan
If you were to use the word
‘euphoric’ to describe how Colleen Harper feels about what she is able to learn
these days from a book, she would be able to read the word ‘euphoric’ and
probably tell you what it means.
Euphoria sums up what the
53-year-old Guelph woman is feeling after spending several months in literacy
training at Action Read Community Literacy Centre in
the city.
She was able to read prior to
getting teamed up with a tutor, but couldn’t understand what she was reading.
Everything was scrambled, and reading tired her out and gave her headaches.
Now, she talks excitedly about
reading books and being riveted and overjoyed. She can now understand what she
is reading, and can follow the story without rereading every paragraph.
“I failed Grade 3, because I had
dyslexia,” she said. “In the 60s, they didn’t know what it was. After that,
they pushed me up every year, and by Grade 7 they forced me into a remedial
class.”
Her parents were told she would
have to go into vocational school and take up a trade, because she didn’t have
the learning abilities necessary to attend regular high school.
“I could barely read or write,”
said Harper, who now dreams of getting a “real” high school diploma, not the
symbolic one she received that’s “not worth the paper it was written on.” READ MORE @
BARTLESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY:
Literacy tutors change lives
Examiner Enterprise: 4.15.2017
by Coleen Frazer-Hambrick
This past March, Bartlesville Public Library Literacy Services
hosted a luncheon at the Tri-County-Tech Osage Room to celebrate the work and
the effort of the excellent tutors who are dedicated to helping others.
During this time, many of the
tutors met others whom they had not met before. Between two and four people sat
at each table, discussing their experiences and some of the things they
struggle with. Besides enjoying a great meal, we all enjoyed great conversation
and the sharing of ideas as well.
In every community there are people
in desperate need of help to raise their literacy levels. With the one-on-one
encouragement tutors give, literacy levels are raised, but more importantly
with the time and effort tutors give, individuals realize they have potential
and they are given the hope that they, too, can rise above the difficulties of
their current situations.
Being a tutor is not hard. Martin
Luther King Jr. once said, “You don’t have to have a college degree to serve.
You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve ... You don’t
have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only
need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
And it could be added that people
don’t need to be bilingual to teach English to someone who needs to learn. A
person can spend anywhere from an hour a week, or as much time as they want to
spend. And being a tutor is not a lone venture.
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Literacy Council to Honor Students
and Volunteers
BCTV: 4.17.2017 by Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
A single mother of three who
recently completed her GED exam and is headed to college will be among those
honored on Monday, April 24, 2017, at 6 p.m. during the Literacy Council
of Reading-Berks’ annual dinner at Immanuel United Church of
Christ in Shillington, Pa. After the dinner, awards will be presented to
students and the Tutor of the Year.
The Literacy Council honors
students, tutors, and volunteers for their achievement and dedication
throughout the year. The awards are a way to formally honor those whose
achievements and dedication are noteworthy.
Celina Sandoval will be among those
honored this year. Celina is a single mother of three who works full-time and
has been attending high school equivalency classes since September 2016. READ MORE @
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