A story of commitment - 510 hours with DL

Teacher Jo and her student, Sula

Last week something special happened to me.  I met one of my students.  In my opinion she is a very special student.  Sula started and finished her 510 hours of English with me in Distance Learning.  We have been studying together for about 2 1/2 years. She started as a level 2 student and has just finished with her Certificate 3.  I really admired her because although she was working 2 jobs, she rarely missed a lesson and even when she was sick we would have a chat about what was wrong.

Over this time we became quite close.  She advised me on Thai cooking and herbs.  As well as studying Your Call, I advised her about Australian life, her pregnancy and all sorts of things.

She had flown from South Australia to Queensland to visit relatives and on the way home stopped in Sydney and we arranged to meet.  When we saw each other in the lobby of her hotel she ran to me and we had a huge hug!  It was so lovely to finally come face to face after so much time meeting on Skype.  We went off to a café and talked non-stop for a couple of hours before I finally had to go.  When we said goodbye I thought what a committed student she had been and how proud I was of her. 

Well done Sula for your commitment and hard work and congratulations on finishing the marathon AMEP race with Certificate 3 and finally catching up with your teacher face to face!

• Do you know how many hours you have left in the AMEP?
• What do you hope to achieve by the end of your AMEP journey?
• How can we best help you and how can you help yourself achieve your goals?