Posts Tagged ‘Eighth-grade schooling’
Unveiling the Unseen: Navigating Obstacles and Opportunities on the Way to College–Part 1
Today I bring you another triumphant story of someone who grew up in a Plain community where education was used as a means of social discipline and how she found her way to college and beyond. The joy is obvious in Naomi’s story of how she thrived with an education designed for self and professional…
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By Aleta Schrock, Part 1 I hated to see the end of my eighth-grade school year. Learning was fun, but the expectation was that after the eighth grade my formal education would end and I would either work at home or get a job. I worked up the courage to ask my mom if I…
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