Tyaira Hall, 18, found her calling while she was sitting in a hospital bed, preparing to give birth to her son seven months ago. She couldn’t stop watching the nurses while they drew blood and measured heartbeats.
After getting expelled from a third high school for fighting, Hall had given up on education. But her son and her new interest in nursing inspired her to enter a Gaston College program that will let her finish her diploma in March.
As a jobless single mother, though, she’ll need more breaks than that to become a registered nurse.
On Monday Gaston College started a three-week class session for young people like Hall. Seventy-two students enrolled—among them homeless youth, foster children, high school dropouts and single parents. Their ages range from 16 to 24.
[Read the whole story here at The Gaston Gazette.]
Tags: education, foster children, Gaston College, high school dropouts, homeless youth, jobs, opportunity, second chances, single mothers
