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Show THE SENTINEL Experience teaches the value of education quarter student Jose M. Sanchez It's called but a better description would be "a second chance." It's an opportunity to correct educational errors and set a more solid foundation for personal and career success. That's the real mission of a "Pre-Tech- ," supports that point of view. "I felt I lacked a lot of things," he says. "I felt inferior when it came to schooling . . . I felt worthless." After little over a quarter at Jose says the experience "has changed my whole life. It's taught me to deal with problems and goals, and to learn that I can realize anything I want if I put my priorities and values in the right place. I relate to people better and understand both myself and them better." Jose says he plans to continue his education so he can be a part of what goes on about him. "The worst part of not being educated is being left out." Kathy Mulhausen deals with still a different group of students, mostly refugees. She teaches English as a second language. "They are very good students, highly motivated and eager to get ahead," she says. "They're not always eager to learn English, but they realize they need it to do well in their other Pre-Tec- special unit at Utah Technical College at Salt Lake. A sign on the door says that "Caring is Contagious;" the words ring true as faculty members demonstrate a complete infection of caring and concern for students who come to them for help. v ft h at Utah Tech, according to the school's catalog, "assists students in upgrading or reviewing basic fundamentals in mathematics, Pre-Tec- reading, communications, study skills and human relations." It caters particularly to older students who need to brush up on their basic skills, to high school dropouts seeking either a high school diploma or a stronger grounding in basics on which to build further education, and to new Americans who need to improve their English. Perhaps most importantly it concentrates on psychology building a more positive Indo-Chine- e, and motivation; and improving study skills and personal relations. It's a tragic truth that many Gerald L. "Jerry" Giles, program coordinator, puts it this West Jordan resident Diane Jenkins is teaching assistant in program at Utah Technical College at Salt Lake. She feels help the department is able to give students is invaluable, and - in many instances - "changing the course of their lives." Pre-Tec- h way: "A lot of students drop out of high school because they think earning $3 an hour is a big deal and they can have a car and a lot of fun. But they soon discover that the pay doesn't go very far and that they're passed up for promotion because they don't have a high school diploma." h Another type of potential student is described by Elizabeth W. Montague, English and reading teacher. "We get people here," she says, "who say, 'Hey! I'm 35 years old and I can't read or write. I can't even sit down in a Pre-Tec- doctor's office and read a magazine.'" Tugging a little stronger at the heart strings are the young widows and divorcees who planned careers as wives and mothers and who now must learn to be providers. All have one thing in common, an almost overpowering desire to learn. Experience has taught them the value of education and they're anxious to get on with the job. "That's what I get excited about," Mrs Montague says. "People get out (of school) and realize what they've missed. They come back and they know what an education means. It's astounding to me how much they can learn when they're internally motivated and want to learn." "These people know they need help," says teaching assistant Diane Jenkins. "They've been vppie ' UPHOLSTERING HOUSE Upholsters ofFlnt Furniture 561-011- 1 out of school for a while and they're readjusting their lives. We help them get their feet on how to the ground and study." Instructors agree that attitude and motivation are keys to the success of the self-imag- Mrs Montague, a former university teacher, says she came "from the ivory tower into the trenches and it's just incredible. It's as satisfying when you help a student get a sentence correct as hearing a university student say 'I understand what Hamlet meant.'" 669 they are remarkably enthusiastic about the program, While h instructors have two serious concerns. They note that, although there Pre-Tec- are exceptions, too many students who are referred by the courts or pressured into the program by parents lack the and resist any motivation change of attitude, and fail as a consequence. About 20 to 25 percent of the students that enroll (overall) drop out before completion of the quarter, according to Giles. The other concern comes from the feedback they get from instructors students, say. Attitude and motivation are so important students ask why it is not given more attention and is not better taught at all levels of the public schools. h More information on the program can be obtained by calling Utah Technical College at Salt Lake, Pre-Tec- 967-417- 2. L.D.S. BOOKS 6f TAPES! General Authority LD.S. fiction LD.S. Chlldrens' LD.S. Scriptures That All May Be Edified LD.S. Scriptures on cassette LD.S. Speaker's on cassette Teachings of Spencer Chester. I Love You (Bibles people-oriente- Success (Paul Dunn) tt Triples) (Boyd K. Packer) (Paul Dunn. William Walt Shirley Scaly. Peter Jeppson, etc) -- (Blaine flf Brent Yorgason) Peppertide (Richard CAST CENTER STREET. MIDVALE (7720 South 1 (No Take Out) i ncwiura (M-T- hj (r-Sa-t) $Z99(M-Th- ) a no w W c ow MATINEE SPECIAL Please! 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Many, if not most students think of who come to themselves as repeated failures who will fail at anything they try. "Our major objective," Giles says, "is just to convince students they can do it." He says that "95 percent of the 'I can't do it' conviction is attitude. They New Arrivals Midvale e, program. "We have very wonderful people," Mrs Jenkins says. "Our instructors are They must be able to get response and make students feel secure and confident." "The biggest problem," says nmiMiiuti.a..i. , On" ". WtW Wv"fmf,f ti I Pre-Tec- h just don't believe they can succeed." Thirty-three-year-o- second- - ld Military Report Army National Guard Pvt. Ryan D. Hardy, son of Loyde P. and JoAnn C. Hardy, 2610 W. 6770 S., West Jordan, has completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. 4r m placement. re-lea- rn He is a 1980 graduate Bingham High School. Main. Midvale 51 N. register when they please, they don't have to wait for a particular class to begin. All programs are individualized. 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