It provides basic adult education, vocational training, life-skills programs and college-level courses.
In the context of China's crackdown on cultural expression, Ms. Cao's juvenilia seems to express a longing for some basic adult freedoms.
Despite shock waves caused by the museum's announcement that it will raise the basic adult price of admission to $20 from $12, Mr. Lowry is adamant that cafeteria menu items be "reasonably priced".
But in the context of China's crackdown on cultural expression — the artist Ai Weiwei is still in government custody — Ms. Cao's juvenilia seems to express a longing for some basic adult freedoms.
While I didn't expect much sympathy for this reaction, I couldn't deny it either, any more than I could deny that I would have to relearn many of my most basic adult behaviors, like always expecting to find a lump when I checked myself in the shower (not that I will ever stop looking).
The price for a basic adult ticket at London's Leicester Square Vue Cinema is £14.65.
I know this firsthand -- while I was incarcerated in a New York state correctional facility, I spent time tutoring women in basic adult education and high school equivalency courses.
If the absence of basic adult reading skills sounds like a problem of the past, consider the statistics: 47 percent of adults in Detroit are, according to a 2011 study by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund, "functionally illiterate".
Making matter worse is that in many states, students looking for basic adult education classes -- including literacy, English as a second language and GED preparation -- will have to pay tuition for the first time.
The former provides paid work experience on and off campus, counseling and advising, job references and referrals, job readiness and life skills, while the latter provides basic adult education for those attempting to receive a GED.
