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Shoes and School

February 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In my last post, I mused about how WAL could possibly become authorized to accept international students. We had to have graduates in order to be considered a school by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, but we couldn’t have students unless we were an approved school!  A catch-22!
I was too young to let a mere [...]

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How to not start a School

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

How not to start a School: 
The 1973 Middle East War left the U.S. with at least two changes: we paid more for gas and private language schools exploded with students from the Arabian Gulf and Iran. Iranians were everywhere. A significant minority never even got to the school they were to attend. 
Prospective students are issued paper [...]

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