Re "Program Helps Migrant Workers Earn a GED," April 24: While I admire the tenacity and work ethic of the Toxquis in pursing their dreams for a better life, as a 30-year teacher of adult English as a second language, I was appalled to read that the GED they earned was studied for and taken in Spanish. It took them "three to five months."
What lesson does this tell my non-English-speaking students at Evans Community Adult School? They come from 80 different countries to study English. It often takes them more than four years and they do "get frustrated." But they don't give up. Often they pass the GED and continue on to get an American high school diploma. But their GED and the high school classes are all in English.
