Nikki Allen - Cambridge, Ohio. Searcy Charlie Arnold - Blair, Neb. Searcy Erin Bowman - Columbus, Miss. Searcy Matt Carter - Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Samuel Clark - Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Bubba Cook - Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Lord, Give Me Strength: Graduate student Chris Collett reaches out to troubled children in the Searcy area Dealingwith studentswith academicproblems all day and doing graduate study at night kept Chris Collett busy most of the time. Collett, a graduate student, pursued a secondary education administration degree at night while spending the day working at the Riverview School District Strive Center. "The Strive Center is an alternative learning environment program which allows high school students who have dropped out, failed, fallen behind or been held back to come in and make up all lost credit in one year," Collett said. Collett decided to pursue a graduate degree because he hoped one day to work as a principal and also to make more money. He said the education which he received at Harding in undergraduate studies provided him with many of the facts he needed to know before teaching. "Until you step into a class, you don't know it all. In the classroom, you gain a lot of hands-on training." Collett did his student teaching at Riverview School District and so impressed the teachers and administrators with his ability to discipline that they asked him to be in charge of the Strive Center, which was laden with behavioral problems. "My job when I first started was to solve discipline problems and get the class running smoothly. The first three months I spentwith discipline problems - expelling, suspending and putRonald Cook - Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Lynda Cucco - Cabot, Ark. Searcy Dionne Cyca - Calgary, Canada. Searcy Paul Davis - Searcy, Ark. Searcy Sonya Day - Ashdown, Ark. Searcy Dana Deree - Littl e Rock, Ark. Searcy David Fisher - Walls, Miss. Memphis Nick Fouts - Searcy, Ark. Searcy Taylor Francis - Jonesboro, Ark. HSBS Rochelle Gann - Hamilton, Ala. Searcy Cindy Griffith - W. Memphis, Ark. Searcy Lisa Grow - Lake City, Fla. Searcy Graduate Student Chris Collett assists one ofhis students during his daily independent study. Collett taught during the day and took graduate courses at night. "I have learned more in graduate school than in any undergraduate work, " he said. Photo by Aaron Gillihan. ting order back in the classroom. I am given on the verge of moving. I have two students a lot of freedom - much more than most of who want to go to college and major in the other teachers," Collett said. psychology," he said. Even with the stresses and the amount of Collett has taken it one step at a time with emotional energy and patience the job re- his students. He continued to work on his quired, Collett said that seeing success was graduate studies to help him provide these worth it. "I have already had some success special students with as much knowledge as stories. Some of my students moved to high he could. school in the spring semester, and some are - Holly Latimer 172 * Graduate Students & Harding School of Biblical Studies People
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