My Success Story Begins With A Goal
by Carlos Flores
My name is Carlos Flores and I am an adult learner. I have been taking
adult education classes at the Irvington Learning Center of the Harris
County Department of Education 2005.
When I first came to the Learning Center with a goal of learning English
and improving my skills I was enrolled in ESL Level
II. My teacher’s name then was Ms. Nguyen and with her I learned
a lot of writing and pronunciation and now I can write and pronounce
English correctly. Then I went to level III with Ms. Kirtland, thanks
her I learned a lot of speaking and correct word usage. My next class
was with Mr. Cote, and here I learned to read and use idioms. Idioms
are great! I think I enjoyed learning to use them above anything else
because when I speak and understand them, I feel I can speak and have
a conversation with someone “like a native English speaker.”
Levels II, III, and IV have led me to where I am now, in ABE classes
with my teacher, Ms. Phillips. Thanks her I’m learning a lot of
Math, Language, and Reading with better understanding. All of this, plus
enrolling in Job Readiness classes at the Irvington Learning Center is
preparing me with by giving me the opportunity to practice more for my
career. You see, my success story will both begin and end when I obtain
my goal of obtaining my GED.
It “begins” because it is at this point when I realize my
dream that I feel my life will take off. I say it “ends” because
my successes of being an adult learner here will stop. But this is a
good thing, because thanks to what I have learned here I will go on to
University and prepare myself for a career as a Computer Technician.
One day soon I hope to have my own business repairing computers, installing
updates to programs and doing maintenance on computers, maybe even working
at a big computer company. “You never know,” some say. But
I do. And I know it began with a goal.
May 3, 2006
Carlos Flores, ESL learner who transitioned to ABE
Instructor: Barbara Phillips, Irvington Learning Center
Harris County Department of Education, Adult Education Division
Houston, Texas
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