This document contains 48 pieces of writing that were authored by employees of six different businesses who participated in an adult diploma program. A variety of genres are represented, including poems, personal narratives, book reviews, essays, letters, and fiction. The works are grouped under the following broad headings: goals, freedom, choices and cardinal virtues, childhood memories, immigration, and unexpected events. Among the items included are the following: a poem expressing a student's reaction to her upcoming graduation; several essays explaining what workplace education has meant to individuals; letters written from the viewpoints of individuals living during the American Revolution and during periods of overt racial discrimination; an essay on cardinal virtues and the life and death of Yitzak Rabin; a woman's thoughts on her life since her husband's death; a man's experiences as an Angolan refugee; "slice of life" stories relating individuals' childhood memories; an essay devoted to the values of the main character of a short story; and essays recounting the personal stories and challenges experienced by immigrants from Haiti, Cambodia, Hong Kong, the Azores, Portugal, Canada, Cape Verde Island, Italy, and Vietnam. (MN)