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Over the summer, Nhan Truong met with Terene Mech, Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn's liaison to the Cambodian community, to discuss the feasibility of the program. Mech introduced Nhan Truong to several Cambodian families in Allston-Brighton. "They [the children] lived in crowded homes. Their parents had to work all day and did not know enough English to help them with their school work," she said. "You always hear about the top Asian students, but these kids were culturally disadvantaged and isolated in so many ways...
...root of their disadvantage, Nhan Truong believes, stems from their language deficiencies and cultural differences as much as from their poverty. Apprehensive of the new environment, they tend to stay within their own neighborhood. Unable to speak English, they are isolated from other children of their age. In school, they often do poorly as their problems with English can mask their true problems with English can mask true learning potential. According to Nhan Truong, the refugee Children develop and "I-can't-do mentality" that makes it difficult for them to raise their own proficiency. "These kids...
With $500 "seed money" from Philips Brooks House, Nhan Truong this fall started a program providing in-school and after-school tutoring to the refugee children of Allston-Brighton. The program places Harvard student volunteers into the classrooms of Jackson-Mann School, where about 250 Vietnamese children from throughout the Boston area are currently enrolled in a bilingual program from kindergarten to fifth grade...
...volunteers, who can speak Vietnamese, assist the teachers by tutoring the students and participating in other classroom activities. "The teachers really appreciate the volunteer efforts," said Thuy Truong, a bilingual teacher at Jackson-Mann. "These educated young people can serve as role models for the children...
Encouraged by the program thus far, Nhan Truong is planning a summer youth enrichment program. She expects to hire six counselors and to enroll 48 refugee children in the program. Nhan Truong said she hopes the counselors will live in the same neighborhood as the children to "see first-hand what the children have to live through." A Private curriculum developing consultant has agreed to help structure an academic program that emphasizes creative learning...