Monday, August 16, 2010

English learners in search of perfection

This teacher is teaching kids English shortly after they arrive in this country. It is a tough job and getting them fluent enough to pass tests is the goal. - - Donna Poisl

By Tanner Kent, Free Press Staff Writer

MANKATO — Katie Schultz has a classroom of perfectionists.

On this late spring morning, her pupils are four energetic boys between the ages of 8 and 12, all recent immigrants from Somalia and Lebanon. The boys spend a few hours each day with their mainstream counterparts in other classes but, for the most part, Schultz is their teacher.

But today, she can’t get her lesson started.
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