Shane’s Story is an eight episode blog post where Shane tells her story in her own words. Each week in December, on Mondays and Thursdays at 8 a.m. you can click on both the radio spot and then read the Episode of this special gal’s story. Tweet it to your friends – it gets better as we get closer to Christmas, and Shane’s special Christmas wish to each of you. Hold tight! it is going to be a great ride! Merry Christmas!”
Listen to a part of Shane’s story by clicking on the ‘play’ button below, then read the rest of this post:
The program from Shane’s award ceremony.
I’m back at school. How that happened, my little sister kept bugging me. She dropped out of high school as well and entered a program at Algonquin. She told me it was really easy. I didn’t have to do two years at an ‘alternative school’. I’d just have to do like just half a year, or maybe just one.
So I went there, and it turned out they had a bursary so it was completely free for me because I had no income. And because I was in school, I was entitled to a surviving child benefit ‘cause both my parents are dead – good until I’m 25 years old. So there was a bit of money there, ‘cause I could have a grocery for free month, if I do this. I won’t ever have to sit and panhandle any more. I won’t have to sit for five hours to get $40 to buy like the cheapest grocery I could ever do. Or walk all the way to the dollar store to get the cheapest laundry soap or light bulb or whatever. Now, I just go get it. I haven’t had to panhandle for quite a while now.
School is going well. I’m good at it. I’ve already graduated computer skills. There’s an award ceremony coming up – I’m getting an award for math.
(Awards ceremony Thursday. I attended and watched Shane get her award.) Go girl!
That was beginner math and I’m in intermediate math now, after 3 months. It’s all at your own speed and every day I hand something in to my teachers. It’s called College Preparation and counts as high school equivalency. It’s recognized all throughout Ontario.
I’m planning to finish my high school as soon as I can and continue at Algonquin. I am going to be a plumber!
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