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OSSTF District 11- Thames Valley
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District 11 Office |
Education Matters Online
Recognitions
Volume 3, Issue 1: November 10, 2004
LCAE Adult Education Awards |
Various photos from the LCAE Awards Ceremony on May 6, 2004
"It has been my great privilege and honour to have been Brian Travis’ teacher over the years. I am just going to give you a quick snapshot of his life as my student. Brian first started with our program back in 1994 as a night school student studying literacy. He tells me that he was referred to us by a friend and to all intents and purposes he was illiterate. At that time, Brian was working full time in London (sometimes shifts of up to 10 or more hours) but he still made time for that twice a week trip to Wheable! At first, his main goal was to be more independent but as time passed, he developed the goal of achieving his high school diploma. When he first started with our program, he has been out of school for over 14 years so you can realize that this was a big step for him. Time passed; Brian’s reading and writing skills greatly improved and when circumstances at work changed; I encouraged him to take a correspondence course to maintain the level he had achieved.
Brian came back to school January 2003 full time after his company announced they would be closing down last summer, putting him out of work after 24 years. He decided to upgrade Math and again ended up in my class as well as taking a Technology credit course. During the last year he has completed several credit courses along with completing Math upgrading and is well on his way to achieving his goal. I asked Brian how he would rate his overall experience in adult education: challenging, rewarding and sometimes frustrating and I believe those words would sum up the feelings of many of our learners.
In Brian’s own words, he has found his family, the teachers, and other students to be extremely supportive; modesty however prevents him from stating that, as a student, he has taken other younger newer students under his wing and provided an extremely positive role model for them. He wouldn’t say that, but I can!!!
His goal now after completion of his diploma is to go to Fanshawe College to further upgrade his education.
I am so proud of you Brian; congratulations once again and best wishes in the future."
