an ongoing process, my resilience construction started from the struggles of growing up in the 1970s in Birmingham as a black person of dual heritage, confronting the tensions of my own and other people's perception of my identity. Influenced by my mother and her strength of character, though many failed to complete the qualification, and understandably so, I persisted. I closed the workshop with quotes. I have learnt and am learning the power of words. Mature students must share the tensions and demands of work, study and family life, use support, but as the lyrics of the popular song of the 80s reminds us, “Search for the hero inside yourself”. The harder the struggle, the sweeter the victory.
Peggy and Jenica’s workshop at the conference
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