Participants

• Most of them signed up for the practical more than the academic, but they have been very cooperative. She has tried to bring in as much of the potential processing but nothing compares to the hands on.
• They are getting along great – especially with such close quarters. No conflicts other than a few personality clashes.
• Excellent group – quite impressive. Good work ethic and the like. Occasional moaning and groaning, but I couldn't have picked a better group overall. Very component and have lots of life skills.
• I formed great relationships (I think) with the participants. You have to be approachable.
• Their willingness to learn was important.
• Literacy level is at the extremely low end. That will be problematic. When it comes to taking the pesticide program (where the literacy level is much higher than they have). It would have to be a coaching vs. an instructing job. So how do you do the assessment of their skills.
• Overall they are a wonderful group of people. Wonderful, enthusiastic and enjoy the work.
• The class tone has changed – it is more tense and serious. We are looking toward the end. The atmosphere is negative because of the lack of knowing about the jobs.
• We need to have people more closely related in their academic ability.
• Challenges around everybody knowing everyone else (from the same community). Lots of family inter–action. They know too much about each other.
• Great – really cooperative. Easy going. They make suggestions. Their attitude is really good. The selection process seems to have done a good job.
• They were excellent – the brightest spot of the program.
• There was somewhat of a challenge having the different levels – not hard as she had done it before and she could divide them into two groups. The brightest gained a lot of confidence helping the others.
• They are very needy group. A lot of gossip was brought in and was harmful. It was too stressful to enjoy.