For Hispanic laborers, literacy is opportunity – Virginia
Tagged: teacher, VirginiaPosted on: March 2nd, 2007“– They are grizzled men with cold-chapped hands and paint-splattered sweat shirts. They are wise in the ways of the world, experienced in the art of survival. They are also kindergartners, starting from scratch.
“Attention, companions! Here we go. Va, ve, vi, vo, vu.”
That’s Roberto Villaroel, the teacher, pointing with his plastic ruler. He, too, has work-scarred hands and wears a hooded jacket. He, too, spends his good days hammering drywall and his bad days killing time outside a 7-Eleven. But he has something many of his fellow Hispanic laborers lack: an education.”
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