My Graduation

Lynda and I went for an interview in April 2007 with Betty, the head of Continuing Education, to sign up for courses for me to get my grade twelve. She told me that I would only need three credits. Betty recommended “Health for Life” and “English for Everyday Living.”
I started in mid April with Health for Life through Wellington Centre for Continuing Education sending in my lessons by mail. I wrote my lessons on a computer with the aid of zoom text at Action Read and guided by my tutor Lynda. There were sixteen lessons. I had some sight problems when I wrote both the mid term and the final exam. It took me one year to finish with a final mark of 69. I started English for Everyday Living in June 2008. I still was having problems after doing the English mid term and Betty suggested having someone write out my answers by hand. This worked out great and was repeated for the final exam. In May 2009 I received a final mark of 79.
Action Read gave me a party on June 10th with staff and other learners. My second party was at King Buffet on June 14th with family and friends. My big night was on June 17th, when Cheryl and Lynda came to watch me receive my diploma.
I would like to say a special thank you to Betty and Wayne at Continuing Education, the staff at Action Read and my daughter Cheryl for all their help. A very special thank you goes to my family and friends who came to my parties bearing gifts. A very extra special thank you goes to my tutor, Lynda who stood by me all the way to the end on June 17th 2009.