By Sharda Bacchus
The mantra ‘never give up’ epitomizes 42-year-old Sharon Scott, a former high school drop-out, who was this year’s valedictorian of the Critchlow Labour College at the recently held 39th graduation ceremony.
Scott started studying again 27 years after she dropped out of the North Georgetown Secondary School because she became pregnant after completing fourth form at the tender age of 15. She did not give up on her dreams, though she defined her life as one filled with challenges. But she credits her children for the strides she has since taken.
Looking back, Scott recalled that after she dropped out and while waiting to deliver her first child, “I did a few training programmes but short ones because I wanted to be active.
“Before I knew it I was married at age 21 with another baby on the way.
