Word: nguyens
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...Nguyen, a director of the summer program and a junior at UMass-Amherst who also went through the BRYE program, says that he remembers, “this one morning, when Anna’s mom came up to me and told me Anna was really anxious to have her drive her to BRYE because she missed her friends and Thanh...
Another day, Nguyen spent time teaching the students how to express their feelings. She started with the basic “happy” and “sad,” but then also threw in “confused.” She says that although she spent 15 minutes on it and got really frustrated, all her students could muster was “confu-.” Later that week, in a moment Nguyen calls a “highlight,” her student Tony was banging on a desk during a lesson. When asked...
This past summer Nguyen taught the youngest beginning level, a task only she could have taken on, says Summer Director Sarah T. Tsang ’03-’04. According to Tsang, Nguyen’s unrelenting dedication beyond the minimum hours that are “exhausting already” inspired everyone. After the summer ended Nguyen tutored one of her students every day until school started...
...addition to teaching, Nguyen is also working on an immigration case. One of her students, Thuong, and her two older sisters are in Boston on a medical visa that expires in December, while their other two sisters are back in Vietnam. Their mother died in the fire that burned down their home. Nguyen says that the family lives in the countryside and does not have the financial means to maintain the same level of education they have here, so her goal is to extend their stay here to avoid disrupting their education. She meets with the PBHA directors to work...
Most of the students come from involved families, like Nguyen’s, that value education, which is part of what makes BRYE such a successful program, Nguyen says...