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SIU interns have had many successes. Here is one example from David who was one of the youth responsible for the organization’s creation on May 1, 2003!
At age 6, most kids are thinking about what toy to play with or who their best friend is. David was thinking about designing his own home. In 2004, that interest and determination to succeed, and his experience in AutoCAD, made him an ideal person for a new program: SIU’s Internship Program.
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'Soft Skills’ in Big Demand
Interest in teaching students habits of mind for success in life is on the rise.
Between tasks in Algebra 2, Valari Jacobsen checks her grades in the class. Accessing her personal page on the school’s computer system, she sees she has a 71 percent in course content. She knows she needs to step that up.
But she’s doing really well in collaborating with her peers: Her score is 100 percent. And in oral communication, she has a 135 percent.
Unusual as it may seem, Jacobsen, an 18-year-old senior, is being evaluated on oral communication and on how well she works with other students in her mathematics class at Sacramento New Technology High School.
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