The Lowdown

I was a biology major…and now I’m a volunteer English teacher?! Let me explain. I’m working at the Access Academy for the Asian University for Women (AUW). The AUW is set to open in Fall 2009. The Access Academy is an intensive 18-month program, designed to prepare under-privileged students for the AUW. The students come from several South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Cambodia, Nepal, India and Sri Lanka). English is priority, but there are also computer and math classes. The goal is to catch everyone up to speed for college. Can you imagine attending college in another language? Other than the native one you went through high school with? So, for one year, I'm here!