Sometimes I ask myself, “Why am I in school?” Or, “Why should I get up in the morning and go to school?” I tell myself I need to get up and go because if I have an education I will have a better life and get a better job. A friend of mine told me, “Before you will be educated you have to learn more.”

So right now I am in school because I want to learn more and get my GED diploma. Then I can continue my education. The most important thing is that I want to be educated because I want to be a nurse so that I can help people in need.

Agnes Dwumfour is an ABE student at Quinsigamond Community College.