I’m doing English and maths at Sutton Coldfield adult learning centre. Level one in each, well I've done my level one, I'm doing level two now. I left school with no qualifications whatsoever.

I went back to school and they’ve referred me to adult learning centres and Connexions if you’ve ever heard of it? Yeah, and I go to both of them. I left school with no qualifications so there was nothing really open to me so I went back to school and they referred me to the adult learning centre cause they’ve got the courses I wanted. And the qualifications I want and all, so I went there.

At the adult learning centre, they teach you at your own level, whatever level you are. Sometimes if you need it, they teach you one to one, there are tutors there to help you. I didn’t feel, when I left school I felt crap, so I'm boosting myself up and that, my confidence and that. You’ve got adults around you and that, all different ages and that, its cool. Not all of them are the same, some of them are, and some of them aren’t. I'm the youngest one there, in the class. There’s an older chap there and all, he asked me if I needed any help. He teaches me with stuff and I help him sometimes.

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