Emery has good counselors who advise the students how to find and choose the subjects they must have to study to have a good future. They advised me to study tool and die because I am better in math and design, so I am grateful for their advice.

Rizwan wrote...

My name is Rizwan. I am a student at Emery Adult Learning Centre. I took the following subjects: English, Mathematics Senior Level, and Computer Science.
I took these courses to upgrade my communication skills and computer skills. Without good communication skills and computer skills I couldn’t succeed to get a job or to further my education. Joblessness is a burden on the Canadian economy. Therefore, I am studying one or two years at Emery.
My long term goal is to get a computer diploma or a degree from university, and become a computer programmer.

My name is Margaret. I am a student attending Emery Adult Learning Center in Toronto. This is a great high school with very high standards and very highly educated teachers. Being a part of this school gives me good opportunities for my future, and helps me to progress towards my goals.

In the future, I would like to take a nursing program that is continuing the education from my country. I am interested in studying this program. I think, with the help of Emery and the great teachers, I will learn the essential information that I need to start college. Of course, I will continue to strive to meet and surpass the expectations of those courses.

The Emery Adult Learning Center is giving me the opportunity to get the skills I need to reach my goals. I am so glad to be a student at Emery Adult Learning Center. This school offers me a wonderful education. The teachers give the students encouragement and equal treatment. Most of all, they care about their students.

My name is Mina. I am a student at Emery Adult Learning Center. I have taken full-time courses, including ESL, Writing, and Introduction to Computers. I intend to finish grade 12 English, and I am going to take some mathematics and science classes too. After I finish these courses, I will apply for college. My goal for the future is to be a pharmacist and, hopefully, have my own pharmacy. Emery is the only place that prepares me for college. There are different kinds of courses, good and experienced teachers are available. I started coming to this school in September and I have learned more than I expected. My English has improved, and I have learned computer. Also before taking writing class, my writing was very poor, and now it is getting much better.

I talked to people who speak English as their second language. Some of them are just sitting at home and doing housework. I want them to come to school as soon as they can, and try to learn something. It would be good for you and for your children. You could solve their problems too. In future, you can work and you will be proud of yourself. Time is passing, why don’t you use it?

Serene wrote...

My name is Serene. I am a student at Emery Adult Learning Centre. I am taking grade 11 Writing and Introduction to Computers. I am taking these subjects because I want to improve myself. I have taken two courses, which are Keyboarding, and Grade 11 English and I have received two credits for these subjects. I would like to finish high school here at Emery and get my high school diploma. After graduating, I would like to get a job as a receptionist.

Here at Emery I am learning lots of new things. The teacher in my writing class is a very good teacher who has lots of patience. He is a good teacher for students to be around. Emery Adult Learning Centre is a fun place to learn.

Abdul wrote...

My name is Abdul. I am a student at Emery Adult Learning Centre. This is a great high school with very high standards and very highly qualified teachers. I feel proud to be a part of this school. This school gives me good opportunities for my future, and helps me to progress towards my goals.

I came to Canada one year ago as a landed immigrant. I was studying for a B.SC. (Bachelor of Computer Science) but my goal was to be a soldier or police officer to serve my country. I applied to the army back home. I didn’t have any suitable references but I qualified for this job, so they deferred me and asked me to try next time. I know there is a lot of corruption and I would not get this job because I don’t have any references. Then I immigrated to Canada and came here. Now I think this is my country and I want to serve my country as a police officer or an army officer. They need graduates from high school. Emery Adult Learning Centre and the great teachers will help me to get my high school diploma and make my dream come true. When I entered Emery Adult Learning Centre, the consultant gave me ESL subjects, but I thought I should be in higher level because I had been studying English since I was child. I was wrong. When I joined the ESL class I saw myself in the middle of the class. Now, with the help of my teachers, I have improved my English a lot. Students’ services at EALC help a lot to students with their future plan. For newcomers to Canada, I think that we need help to show us the right path for our goals.

I will take the essential subjects that I need to get a job in the police force or in the army. Of course, I will continue to strive to meet and surpass my goals.

Elsa wrote...

My name is Elsa and I’m currently studying ESL at Emery Adult Learning Centre. The Adult Learning Center provides us with different skills and training programs. Emery is a community which joins people from different parts of the world and gives these people an opportunity to study. Studying is very important for me because it is a good way to make dreams come true. My greatest accomplishment will be to obtain a diploma as a teacher and find a good job to help newcomers to Canada who have a language barrier.

Sothimalar wrote...

My name is Sothimalar. I’m a student at Emery Adult Learning Centre. Now, I’m taking grade 11 English Writing and Introduction to Computers. I’m taking these courses because I have to improve my English level and most jobs need computer skills. I’m planning to take math, accounting, biology, chemistry, and physics because I did not finish these courses in my country. These are very useful for the future.

My goal for the future is to get a university degree: I will have to work hard, but the problem is English. The Emery Adult Learning Centre helps me to improve my language. If I studied with a private tutor, I would have to pay lots of money.

Anab wrote...

Emery is helping me a lot. The teachers are optimistic and they help us to solve problems. In fact, Emery is a best school to attend in Toronto!

Mary wrote...

I worked for twenty years in China as an accountant. I want to pursue my career to start my new life. I know that I have to overcome the language barrier first. So, I’m taking three courses this term. This Learning Centre is a wonderful school. There are many excellent teachers and a beautiful campus. All three courses are very helpful for me. I plan to finish my English courses in April, and I would like to continue my studies in a college to sharpen my professional skills.

My name is Uma. I came from SriLanka. My first language is Tamil. I have been living in Canada since 1994. I passed Advanced level back home but it’s my own language, That is the greatest problem for me in Canada.

Now I am studying at Emery Adult Learning Centre. I am taking three subjects here. These are Cosmetology, Introduction to Computers, and English Writing. I have finished quad 1. Now I am taking quad 2.

I want to be a hairdresser in the near future. To become a hairdresser, I have to pass 5 levels of Cosmetic Courses. I am going to finish the 2nd level soon.

Alice wrote...

I am from Cameroon in West Africa. I came to Canada just recently.
I am a student at Emery Adult Learning Centre, and currently taking keyboarding and a writing class in English, and intend to take grade 11 Math in the next quad.

Despite the fact that I studied English and math in my country, I have to take these classes again because it has been a while since I left school. This will help me to upgrade my writing and communication methods.
Emery Adult Learning Centre is helping me in that, since I left school some years ago, coming back to class at this level, will help me refresh my memory of many things I have forgotten. It is also helping me to get a standard required by many colleges and universities in Canada. Learning at Emery Adult Learning Center is free compared to other schools where you would pay money to acquire these skills.

George wrote...

My name is George. I came from SriLanka, and I have been here in Canada for four months. I finished two years in Engineering back home where I got credits in Advanced level, equivalent to the 4U high school credits in Ontario.
Now, I am a student at Emery Adult Learning Center, and I am taking English grade eleven. I have applied to the three universities in Toronto for next fall, and I want to be an engineer. Now I feel that I am improving very quickly in English and I will complete English 4U this spring.

Parveen wrote...

My name is Parveen and I am studying at Emery Adult Learning Centre. One and a half years ago, I arrived in Toronto as a landed immigrant from Brunei. I was always uncomfortable because of my uncertain future. Even if I was an intelligent person in my country, I was like a child in this foreign county. As a person who didn’t have any professional skills and spoke English poorly, I didn’t have any hope for the future. I did not have any confidence about my ability to work in this society, especially because of my language skills.

Nozipho wrote...

My Days at Emery Adult Learning Centre

As an immigrant coming from another country with a different system, settling into the Canadian system wasn’t easy. It was all frustrations and confusion, as I could not understand why my education qualifications from my country were not being recognized. No one could explain to me what I needed to do, and how to go about it, in order to improve my standard of education until I came to Emery.

I was so close to giving up my hopes of ever improving my education and securing a good job. The universities and colleges where telling me a different story about getting more credits until I saw a pamphlet from Emery Adult Learning Centre. I enrolled there and since then my whole life has changed as there is now a torch at the end of my tunnel.

The teachers at Emery are wonderful and amazing because of the amount of patience they have for other students and me. We have student counselors who help us to choose subjects according to our career paths. They understand the frustrations we are going through and help us to cope with them. They encourage us by telling us that if we endure and persevere we will make it at the end, for they have seen it happening to other students, who have gone through the same path.

Learning is not an easy process especially after so many years out of school. It is intense and needs a lot of comprehending, thinking and critical analysis. But as one who has been helped to focus by these motivating teachers, I find it challenging and interesting at the same time.

Emery Adult Learning Centre has helped me a lot. I am now applying to different universities and colleges for my teaching or social work career with hope and confidence, as I know that I now have the requirements to qualify. Thanks to the whole of Emery Adult Learning Centre staff who have always been a pillar of strength and encouragement.