My Experience in Adult Education
getting it. Going back to school now seems to be more
important and interesting at a later age than it was at a
younger age when school was not a top priority on my list
of things I needed to do. I really believe experience has a
lot to do with how I look at life and the opportunity of
getting and bettering my education. Over the years, I’ve
come to realize that if I want to soar in life, I have to learn
how to fly first. I realize that one of the things that really
helps is having a passionate teacher. Mrs. Timmons is my
passionate teacher. A passionate teacher really helps the
student to become better in all the areas that the teacher may
be teaching. I am so blessed to have a passionate teacher
whom I know will always go that extra mile to help her
students improve. To anyone out there who has decided to
get a better education or just go back to school to get a
GED: recognize when you have passionate people in your
life who push you in a gentle way to do better so that you
can soar and be all that you were created to be.
Michelle Evans is a Lakewood Community School ABE/GED student at
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, FL. Her
instructor is Ada Ward-Timmons.
A New Person in Me
It’s really a pleasure to me to talk a little about my
experience in Adult Education and Literacy. I enrolled in
Adult Education in July 2011 because I wanted to learn and
improve my English. With this, I also would like to get a
better job. My goal is to never stop studying because
education is the key to success.
I remember the first day of class was not easy for me
because my English was bad and my culture is different
from the American culture. That is why I had so much
difficulty in adapting this new system. Sometimes my
behavior was not so good toward my teacher. When
someone talked to me I did not make eye contact because in
my country we don’t do this. It is really disrespectful to
look into the eyes of your elders. I used to walk with my
head tipped to one side. My teacher took notice of me and