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gram, saying; “We hope Charles Jenkins’ achievement will set an example and encourage others to follow." For the department, Mr. Moore continues, “VDOT management is made aware of the value of the Adult Continuing Education by demonstrating that it works."
After Mr. Jenkins signed up, he spent four hours each week in late fall, winter and early spring, as a student, learning what he missed by dropping out of school while boosting his self confidence to pass the test. It took two years plus countless hours of study outside the adult education classroom.
Sometimes, Mr. Jenkins admits, that he had to take the chiding of some of his fellow crew members. They often pointed a finger, saying the adult education program participants were merely doing it to get some time off.
“Some say you got to waste time,” notes Mr. Jenkins. But he showed them how wrong they were: “I got it (the equivalency diploma). That should prove to them I didn’t (waste time).”
Mr. Jenkins is a Rappahannock County native. He lives with his grandparents, Edward and Barbara Jenkins, near Washington.
Though chronologically a young adult, Mr. Jepkins makes some observations about the value of continuing adult education reflecting a maturity exceeding this youthfulness.
“,..(l)t should be mandatory” for everyone in the department who has not completed their high school education, he said, voicing his conviction of the value of education and the need to complete high school.
“It’s for their own good,” Mr. Jenkins observes. “They’re going to profit from it.”
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