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Show MRS. HANH VU, Standingleft, federally refugees. demonstrates her new found knowledgeofhair dressing on her former teacher, Mary Kawakami, seated. Sh ie recently under a for special Viets Excel as Beauticians By PATRICK CHRISTIAN A beauty school educational program in Provo, aimed at making a group of Vietnamese refugee women employed and self-sufficient, has beencalled successful by the owner andoperatorof the school, Mary Kawakami. “Language wasthe key to success,’’ Mrs Kawakami said. She explained that when the program began she knew the Indochinese women could learn the job of the beautician But just that was not enough, because before they could get a job they also had to pass the rigorous Utah State beauty operators examinations — in Englist It is difficult enough for those born tc the english tongue; but for those Vietnamese, who could hardly speak a word of English, it appeared at first to be an almost insurmountable wall The normalfailure rate, Mrs. Kawakami, said, at the state level was20 to 33 percent. With an examinee hardly un- derstanding English it would be easy to invert these failure figures to maybe 69 to 8¢ percent failure or worse Mrs. Kawakami said she tried to get the state to make an exception and to allow her Vietnamese students to take the tough test through an interpreter, but state of- ficials would not concede After being informed that the test had to be taken in English, Mrs. Kawakami hit upon the idea of having a English languagetutor at the beauty school andcalled Sid Wood at Utah Job Service office in Provofor his advice and help. “Mr. Wood has really been a help with the program Mrs Kawakami said. She said that he arranged for a basic education grat to coverthe school’s tuition and then also obtained a living allowance fund through state administrated CITA funds Moneyfor the basic education grant comes from the federal Health Education and Welfare as sternocleidomastoideus, meaning a muscle in the neck which depresses and rotates the head. The headis not the only thing that sternocleidomastoideus depresses. The word itself can be quite depressing to students— especially if they do not speak English that well Overcoming the bigword problem was done Selected inmy Asian work ethic of success through slaving.” She stated that part of credit for the success of the program was because she would not allowexceptions for the Vietnamese students and was just as or more strict with them as she was withall students. Mrs, Kawakami said, “I knew that without a skill these women would by hard work from the be destined to a life Vietnamese themselves similar to the Japanese and constant help and women of myparents repetition from instruc- generation—fit only as tors. Vietnamese-English dishwashers and cleaning dictionaries that Mrs. women. Kawakami picked up “There were times while in New York City whenI would see just how difficult it was for them, also helped Aside from language and could see just how difficulties, Mrs many more problems than the other Kawakami said, the si h Vietnamese student. students. “It was timeslike those were some of herbest. She said that perhaps that I wanted to jumpin becauseof the small nim- and help them or makeit ble fingers of the Viet- somehoweasier for them nameseand be becauseof than the others someculturally inheirent However, I'm glad I artistic ability, the didn't, she said. Mrs, Kawakami, said woman performed excellently, and all passed the that she knew just how beauty school’s courses hard the state examination was and the and requirements. Among the girls girls had to knowthestuff graduating from the orfail She said, in retropect, school were Tran Thi Chien, Hanh Vu, Kim “We have decided that Hong Tran Thi, Loan Vo the toughter wearein the beginning with these peoThi, Thoa Vu and Pham ple the easier it is for Tien ‘Twoof thew the women them later on “T sure am proud of were chosen honor students at the school- these women, because indicating that they were they have succeeded in topsin their class. Part of mastering the same rethe requirementsfor that quirements of the other honoris a high ability in students—even though salesmanship, which for them they have been meansthat the operator more difficult,’ Mrs is a good communicator. Kawakami said. All but two of the VietAtthestate levelall but one girl past the difficult namese women are now state exam. Mrs working as beauty Kawakamisaid that girl operators. The woman would have passed too if whohasyet to retake the she would not have been state examination—is so intimidated by the also presently working in awesomness of anotherfield—possibly as everything surrounding a result of her improved the test. That girl will English. The other soon retake the examina- woman is now taking care of her children but tion. Four of the students lans (uy soui woik in the scored in the 72 to 80 eauty field. percentile range and two ney oe y i shop W of the girls scored 89 percent. The passing mark is hited ot, the Viet: namese girls said she 70 percent excellently When asked if the fact worked out that she was Japanese- for him. 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