by altha-admin | Apr 21, 2012 | Articles
It was about two weeks ago — I am writing this in September 2012, yet I am including this note their the comments that I have made about Salk and the students whom I met there. I met some of the students who were enrolled in the Jonas Salk program at one of the...
by altha-admin | Apr 21, 2012 | Articles
"The Academic Advantage" — the last vestige of education which I ventured to explore. I was learning so much, doing so much, and I was really excited. For the first time in a long time, I had given myself permission that I did not have to be a teacher,...
by altha-admin | Apr 21, 2012 | Articles
In that one class, the one with Ms. "Kicked-Out", there were other students, about ten in all, who had no real interest in working or getting stuff done. I had been an easy-going teacher during the previous term. I was the type who would come to class and...
by altha-admin | Apr 21, 2012 | Articles
There was one student at Lloyde High School. She was a really troubled case, one of many students who get bounced around from one school to another, from one diversion program to another. She was even kicked out of Jonas Salk — "Man, I got kicked out of...
by altha-admin | Apr 21, 2012 | Articles
Jonas Salk Community Day School, in East Hawthorne, is a representative example of the crap and corruption that defines Los Angeles County Office of Education. TheisAlternative Education program serves students who have been previously incarcerated, the majority...
by altha-admin | Apr 21, 2012 | Articles
For a period of a few months, I took a job at a local tutoring company in Torrance, CA. ScoreRite academy has locations in Southern California and New York, but the Torrance location acts as a hub for many students from wealthy families who want their students to...
