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The Hometown Newspaper of Downtown Brooklyn's Historic Brownstone NeighborhoodsFall Education SpecialBY TRACY GARRITYThere are many ways to learn. While the kids are packed up with books, a sackful of lunch, an apple for the teacher and a new set of pencils and notebooks and set off to school next Monday, they begin a yearly process that does not end when the bell rings in mid-afternoon. Learning takes on many forms. It doesn%u2019t stop when you grasp that sheepskin in*your hand at age 18 or 22; and it doesn%u2019t always happen just when you%u2019re sitting in front of a blackboard busily scribbling notes.There is a growing emphasis on learning %u2014 whether it be to grasp at a better job, or just to compete better in your old one %u2014 and the traditional trappings of education have changed to reflect modern times. Teachers have changed from the straight-backed-ruler-wielding dowager to the man next door with a flair for Chinese cookery. Students have, changed from rosy cheeked cherubs to adults fo all ages and shapes. Classrooms double as living rooms.But more than the students and teachers, the actual courses that are taught to modern-day classes have changed. %u2018Losing Your New York Accent%u2019 shares catalog space with computer literacy and knitting classes. Fitness classes continue to grow and modify as more people shape up and build up. And in addition to extra-curricular skills courses, a growing number of people who left school are going back to finish high school degrees.But learning isn%u2019t only happening in classrooms %u2014%u25a0 traditional or not. Learning is also occurring in the local McDonalds and on a tall ship in Norway. Brooklyn students learned valuable lessons and independence this summer whether they travelled to Fulton Street to flip burgers under the golden arches, or to Europe to weigh anchor on the Christian Radich. Education is an on-going process, and one that must be grasped with both hands while the courses are available. In this special section, the Phoenix has captured some of the education energy. The section details some of the unique programs offered in our area, and some of the ways to pay for a more traditional education. School starts for the kids on Monday, but in Brooklyn there is no reason for the learning to ever stop.Three SlopeStudents HadA Summer ToRememberSix Weeks InEurope WasHighlighted By ATall Ship TripKids GraduateFrom SummerJobs ToSchool HereIn Anticipation O fHigh SchoolDiplomas, TheseKids Got JobsThese KidsFlipped ForLocal SummerJobs ProgramSummer Jobs %u201986Created Jobs ForHundreds O f KidsIn Many BusinessesG.E.D SpellsJ.O.B. For AGrowing SetOf AdultsYoung Adults AreLearning That AnEducation Is AWay To Get A JobAs Always,The Y%u2019s HaveIt For FitnessAnd LearningThe Local Y %u2019sHave Beefed UpTheir Facilities ToCompete BetterPublished by Serif Press, Inc., 395 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn 11217 Telephone 718-643-1400Septem ber 4, 1986, THE P H O EN IX, Page 15