Globe And Mail Dept: Like most of the approximately 600 students who graduated from CALC on Tuesday, Andre, 20, struggled with school initially. The school acts as a safety net for dropouts 18 and older, adults looking to change careers, and new Canadians. The obstacles they’ve faced – pregnancies, mental illness, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, language barriers and wars among them – infused their commencement ceremony with an extra sense of pride, according to Globe And Mail. When Ontario’s definition of education changed more than a decade ago, adults were kicked off the list of worthy causes by the provincial government of the day. Adults over 20 get only one-third the Ministry of Education funding of their younger classmates, and, as a result, Ontario’s adult programs largely exist because of the educational charity of school boards. The TDSB gives generously to the adult cause with five schools, of which CALC is the largest. “I’m a proud father, and if there’s a cloud above cloud nine, I’m on it,” said the Jamaican immigrant and single father shortly after his son, Andre, collected his high-school diploma. “He could have been a statistic, but instead he’s going to college.” “At other schools graduating is kind of expected. Here, there’s an outpouring of emotion,” said Cathy Dandy, the Toronto District School Board trustee whose ward encompasses CALC. As
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