Timeless Teachings in a Changing World

The new  generation and the academics challenges  in Latin America.

 Dual enrollment  programs: Opening a new door. 

In Latin America  we have open many doors ( in education ) and still some that   need to help unlock for our students.  We need to become more aggressive and  proactive  in our goals, we need to give  the new generations  more  tools , better  opportunities  using  the  potential they have. Those tools  already exist, they have been created  in many places by  many  institutions  around the planet, then we  need to adjust  the administrations  of the schools ,need to change our approach towards teaching, our  biggest challenge  must  be  to  educate  the  kids  now  to  be  really  to  interact  in   their  future  in  many  years  from  now.

I dream and  set  something for the  new generations  and it looks  like  this  is  the  best  tool  to  be  set  according  with  the needs  and  realities  of  their  lives. - This  is a dream become reality.

The dual enrollment concept is designed  for high school Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors  to receive on line college classes for credits  while simultaneously continuing  with their regular high school courses. (While this opportunity is available for 1st world students, ) This is a novel  concept  of education in Latin America, and to my knowledge, our program at Southwest school (SWS) is  taking the lead  in this type education.

In Honduras as in most Latin American nations, students are limited in their studies, as the national government's Department of Education has a required program for all students at each grade level.  This means that advanced students are held back from reaching their potential and not really permitted to even dream of excelling. Therefore transition career partnership opens a new world of infinite possibilities, permitting students to break the mold and explore their full potential.

By permitting students to select college coursework according to their interest, they are able to discover their life-path and find an appropriate college when the time is right.

This opens new horizons ,as the students in younger grades  see their  predecessors going beyond the norm , it sparks a chain reaction wherein  all the students  are able to visualize greater opportunities from their own futures. 

The current financial situation in Latin America  limits the amount of exploration students can do at the college level. As they can barely afford the tuition for the basic program, meaning many college students end up in a career they select at a young age and later  discovered  it wasn't right  for them. The dual enrollment courses help students by permitting them to explore different areas of study early, guiding them to better choices of a mayor.

Another financial benefit is that the students who  have college credits before graduation will likely spend fewer years in residency at a four- years college, saving  a lot of money for their families. 

I am blessed  to open these opportunities for our kids in Honduras, I am very thankful  to  Ohio Christian University ( OCU) and Cedarville University (CU)  as  the first  ones to allow  our students  to get into their  dual enrollment program and help to set ours here in Southwest school.

 

 

Troy Wesson