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Inside this issue:
Lincoln Students’ Experiences in College Did you know that it is possible to earn college credits while you are in high school at no personal cost to you or your family? Students interested need to have good grades, and high skills in English reading, writing and math. All students must pass the placement test at the college they would like to take college courses at. A few Lincoln students have been taking classes at Minneapolis and Community And
Technical College this year. Here are their personal experiences. Ramon Campoverde Post secon-
classes. In general, I was taking Nutrition and Hispanic History. Both classes were super hard for me at the beginning,
dary education op-
but then I got into
tion (PSEO) was a
it. The hardest part
unique and challeng-
about this was how
ing experience. This
to adapt to this new
is a free program
routine.
that you can take when you are a junior and a senior in high school, which offers you college courses for free. During this time I had the opportunity to meet and take a couple of challenging
Ramon’s Story Continued
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Brook’s PSEO Experience
2
Abdalla Ege’s PSEO Experi-
3
Jonathan Ruiz’s Advice
3
Hamse Hassan’s Advice
4
Doing this program brings you many benefits. With this program you are able to earn free college credits! I had the opportunity to meet adults and work with them in class. It’s an awe-
Hodan Dahir and Sonia Asqui were chosen as students of the month for their dedication to their school work. Here at Lincoln and our PSEO students at MCTC have achieved great academic success.
Ramon’s Story Continued some experience to go there
going there and that’s it, but
subject and to be able to do
and feel what college is all
you have to give all you ef-
my homework or classwork.
about and to see what is
fort. There is a lot of indi-
waiting for you in the fu-
vidual work that I did, inside
ture. Like I said, this is en-
of class and outside. I had
tirely a new experience from
to read multiple times a day
high school; this is not just
in order to understand my
Brook’s PSEO Experience Brook and Ramon
Brook Belachew The experience I had from being a PESO student was really good. It gave me a guideline about how college is going to be. This helped me a lot to explore myself and meet students who have the same interests as me. College is much different from high school; you can select your own classes and schedule that is one thing I like about it. Most importantly, students are responsible for their work. The instructors basically will give a syllabus “schedule” at the beginning of the class and after that the student will be responsible for all the tasks assigned on the syllabus. At the be-
One thing about college that I really loved is that they have a Learning Center where you can get help from student tutors.
ginning of the class I was very worried, thinking it was going to be a complicated course. However, the classes were not as I anticipated: it was easy, plus having the support from my instructor helped me a lot. One thing about college that I really loved is that they have a Learning Center where you can get help from student tutors. This is a place where you can work in a group
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Brook’s Experience Continued with your classmates and
this program during my sen-
this helped me a lot to im-
ior year, but students can
prove my grades. In conclu-
enroll starting from junior
sion, being a PSEO student
year. So, my advice is to
is one of the best experi-
start PSEO from junior
ences I had in my high
year.
school years. I enrolled in
Abdalla Ege
Abdalla Ege’s PSEO Experience
Getting accepted to the PSEO program was a wonderful moment in my life. Since then I have worked hard to achieve what normal college students assume is just necessary to get by in classes. Taking college classes while in high school is no joke. You have to work twice as hard, if not more. What really separates the successful and the mediocre are the effort and investments they make. There are many transitional periods once you Volume 1, Issue 1
adapt to a college environ-
of action to
ment.
handle all Of the many new
things I have learned is that I did not have to ask permission to use the restroom. Thank God I haven’t made that mistake. Since then it dawned on me that college is a control-free environment in which you get what you put in, whether it’s hours of studying and research or hours of slacking. You are required by necessity to set priorities and organize plans
the bundles of work assigned to you. One point off of participa-
College is a control -free environment in which you get what you put in, whether it’s hours of studying and research or hours of slacking.
tion will be the most of your worries, let alone other things. However, you tackle and move beyond mental obstacles and you learn to face new challenges with a good outset of confidence.
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Jonathan Ruiz ‘ Advice to Freshmen My advice to freshmen is to be invisible the first year. What I mean by this is work hard in every class even though you
All of our newspapers are online. Go to Lincoln’s website and then click on school newspapers.
might not like it. Another important
thing to remember is to stay
out of trouble. For example, don’t talk back to your teachers because it only makes things worse for you, not the teachers. One more thing to remember is to try and get all your
Yearbooks are also on sale next week for $10.
credits for that year completed. That way you don’t have to
worry
about those credits when you go onto the next grade. The last piece
Valley Fair is Wednesday, June 6th.
of advice that I can share is just try your best to make school your
Come to graduation next Friday, June 8th at 10 am to support our seniors.
friend so that in 4 years you can say
bye bye to your friend. Haha.
Then, you can move on to the next new
friend called college.
Hamse Hassan’s Advice I have decided to
friends and I invested that
share the elements that
time to homework. Finally, I
helped me gain success and
did raise my grades. As a sen-
are reading and block any other
finish school on time. Let me
ior I got A’s and B’s. The
distraction, whether it is com-
tell you this personal story. I
other prime goal I set for
ing from your best friends. So
goofed off for my sophomore
myself was to pass the
from that point you can finish
year and my grades went
graduation requirement test,
down. So, at the beginning of
especially the reading and
my junior year, I changed my
writing test. I put a lot of
point of view in life. I set a
time to read in order to im-
couple of personal goals for
prove my English and I did
myself. I decided to raise my
pass GRAD reading and writ-
grades and do my homework
ing tests.
.
on time. I cut the time I used to spend with my
I want you to focus your entire energy on one
thing at time. If you’re reading something, focus on what you
any tasks that are due on time. Challenge yourself and try to take the harder classes. My last advice is I want you know to take advantage of any opportunity that comes to your door. Get involved in any activity in your school, whether the newspaper, students assembly, student government, or sports.