After teaching college courses, I got a job in a GED program offered through a college. As a trained researcher (and using common sense), I discovered the following from the most reputable educational research studies: 1% of people who finish their GED ever get an Associate's degree (not even a B.A.); there is virtually no economic benefit for those who get a GED even five years after they've got it. It might make people feel some self-esteem but the self-esteem is gone after two months. These facts have been known for 20 years. Everyone who works in this program acts rah-rah with a 'you can do it' attitude, and the students are not told the GED by itself is basically worthless. When I showed the staff the research, they called me a cynic, or just laughed. Are they brainwashed, deluded, in a state of denial, fools, or just want to save their asses? I feel like I'm in a 1950's sci-fi movie. Is this par for the course (pun intended)?
2007-03-04
02:48:14
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holacarinados
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