Today was certificate day at SELI for the four students who made it to the end of our pilot Career Writing I course for post-secondary students, which was held twice a week for a minimal fee at SELI's Tengbeh Town facility.
The participants had a good nine weeks from mid-March to mid-May, mostly learning to write persuasively in multiple drafts, discussing each draft and moving on to revise it. They were challenged to use genres and styles of
writing that students rarely meet until they join the working world. They submitted most pieces handwritten but one by email and one orally. One common thread in their evaluations was that SELI teaches writing differently than secondary schools do. They also found our insistence on driving wordiness out the window very difficult to get used to.
Going forward, our certificate holders are looking forward to signing up for the sequel, Career Writing II, in October. We'll have to plan our timetable more carefully, because this course had to forge headlong through college exams, school holidays, national holidays, and major religious events which resulted in altogether too much absenteeism. It took real dedication from these four to make it all the way through.
Congrats to all four, Kewulay, Kaprie, Foday and Yeabu!
