We're Going Places
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We’re GoinG Places a collection of WritinG By literacy Partners students We’re GoinG Places a collection of WritinG By literacy Partners students Wednesday, June 19, 2013 The students, teachers, and staff wish to express their deep gratitude to the many wonderful volunteer tutors. table of contents adult Basic education Lanell Gardenhire . 4 adult Basic education Anne Ashton . 11 . adult Basic education tutorial center Sarajane Blair and Derrel Meade . 12 . Pre-Ged Sharon Griffiths . 18 Pre-Ged Jasmine Acosta . 29. Pre-Ged Mary Ann Lasky . 30. Pre-Ged tutorial center Kenneth Fobi and Yinette Tejada . 35 . Ged PreP Carla Jeanpierre . 56 Ged PreP Gerald Alexis . 59 . esol Victor Edrosolan . .62 . esol Eduardo Go . .70 . esol/family literacy Roy Villanueva . 77. Class adult Basic education Teacher lanell Gardenhire The reason I want to learn to read and write I would like to get my GED and to do math and get my GED is to become a citizen a lot better . I like to learn new things like the of the United States . I want to read to my world and reading and math . I will like to get grandchildren and start my own business as a better with the division and the word problems . building manager . I would also like to learn the computer . —By thomas akonnor —By tamar cruiz I go to Literacy Partners to learn to read and I came to the United States at age 17 . I don’t write English . I can read and write Spanish but have a good education . I come to Literacy I need English because English is the language Partners and now I am reading better . of America . —By Beatrice ofori —By agustin Baez Mother’s day is a special day for me . my mentor Mother’s day is a day for every lady . If it weren’t for my mentor I wouldn’t know I love my sweet mommy . She does about this school . He brought me to Literacy everything for me . Partners and signed me up . My mentor helps My mommy is the best mom . me with reading but sometimes I get lazy . He I Pray to god to give her long life and lets me know when I’m not focusing . He helps blessings . me with grocery shopping and he calls me in I love my lovely family . I like my the morning to make sure I’m awake and ready school . for school . I feel lucky to have my mentor . My teacher is the best . —By calvin Brister —By sire Berete 4 We’re Going Places: A Collection of Writing By Literacy Partners Students I heard about Literacy Partners from a i am Happy that i came newspaper . I come to Literacy Partners because to school my goal is to learn English language . I come I am happy I found a school to help me and from Africa . My country is Guinea Conakry . my family . Education is very important . I hope I came to the United States to find a better that when I leave I will be 100% better than opportunity and I want to improve my when I came in . I hope that God blesses me to education . I want to read and write English be a better man in the future . clearly and accurately . I want to have my GED —By Basil dixon and continue to college . I want to accomplish something in my lifetime and be able to help someone in need . I want someone to know I’m coming to this program for my GED . I that I have been in this world after I die . started in April of 2012 . I been learning some —By alpha diallo things I still don’t understand it help me a little but I try to work on the things I don’t know . Mostly I really need help with the math . I was looking for a school or a program to get I needed to get this GED before but I didn’t my GED . Then I found Literacy Partners . It is a I need it because I need a good job and it’s good program and I know I can learn all I want . important to have in life and I know things I Thanks to the program I’m sure I can get a good didn’t know before like my times tables and job . Something that I learned from life is you subtraction so that why I need my GED . need a good education . People can get all they —By Geraldine dugue want . You can learn to be your own boss and a better person with the capacity to help people who do not have the same opportunity . I want to I heard about Literacy Partners from a friend get all that this country gives me because I want and they told me to come to the school . Now to use it in my country . I’m from the Dominican I am learning how to read better . I also want Republic . I know that if I get a good education to take the GED so that I can go to college to I can change to teach all that I know from the study business and then I can own my own same way Literacy Partners does with me . The business . perfect life is a complete education . —By shervah ingram —By lissania diaz We’re Going Places: A Collection of Writing By Literacy Partners Students 5 my Baby Brother I’m Willie James I was born on 1987 . I grew My baby brother is a 4 Years Old boy named up in Jamaica Queens . I love drawing . Jayden . He’s fighting Cancer right now . He’s Right now .im going to an art school so I can my reason to Keep Moving Forward . And he be a comic book artists / painter . I’m also showed me that no matter what happens in trying to get my GED so I can get a job . life you reach up and aim for the stars . He is —By Willie James the Main Reason why I went back to school . Everything I am doing is for him . And give him a reason to Keep Moving Forward and I come to Literacy Partners to learn to read and Keep On Fighting and not give up on Hope work on my math skills . I also want to learn how and Faith . He saved my Life from the dark and to use the computer . I hope to get a better job show me the light and now I get to show him and help more people through volunteer work . the same thing . —By Pamela Goodhope —By margarita espada I like to come to Literacy Partners to learn to my Goals read and write better . I want to help my family My goal is to learn as much as I can when it and I like to read with my grandsons Brandon comes to reading and writing . Someday I want to and Luis . go out there and fill out an application for a job . —By anselmo figueroa —By Herman rosado I wanted to learn reading and math so that’s my mother why I came to Literacy Partners . I wanted to My mother was a great mother and she loved learn more about math so I would have more to help people . Everybody asked for her understanding about reading . I want to learn advice . When she was very sick she was asking and I was asked do I want to go back to school God to help me raise my son . My son was to learn about getting my GED . I will be seven at the time . Everyone would visit her in happy if I get my GED . the hospital but she always asked for my son . —By Bernard Gavins —By marie Jean 6 We’re Going Places: A Collection of Writing By Literacy Partners Students The reason why I don’t have my High School dear Journal, Diploma is because I dropped out of High On Sunday it was mother’s day me and my th School in the 11 grade . I attended Grover mom were going to the movies but my mom Cleveland High School in the year January was sick because she’s got a cold so I went by 1968 then I dropped out in the year 1970 . myself to see iron man 3 . The movie is the So this is the reason why I am attending class third film where there is action there is a new at Literacy Partners, Inc . I want to try and villain name the mandian who is the bad guy freshen up my skills to achieve my GED . I also and there is a new hero name iron patriot . Iron want to move on to accomplish other goals . man was going to beat the mandian but with —By evelyn James a help is his flying suits . And what happened pepper was in a fight she kicks butt and tony stark went back to normal . And I went home I came here to learn because I want to learn all to fill out a mother’s day letter to grandma she things in my life; and in life . I hope that I get my liked it and it was the best mother’s day gift G E D and go to college someday and become ever . I tell my mom about the movie and it was a smart person . I am thankful because I come super and that’s why I celebrate mother’s day .