An Oklahoma City woman is fighting for a better life through education
Tina Roberts wants her kids to chase their dreams through education. She wants to go to college some day. But that life is on hold until she erases the tag: functionally illiterate.
It's homework time at the Roberts household and sheets of paper from a pink binder are scattered across the kitchen table. Tina Roberts, a mother of four, sits with her oldest daughter, Chasidy, to go over spelling and math problems.
Instructor Kay Walls works with Tina Roberts, a student in a TANF basic skills class in literacy and math through Community Literacy Centers and DHS, at Britton Christian Church. Photo By David McDaniel, The Oklahoman David McDaniel
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But the work isn't for Chasidy. It's for Mom.
They chuckle together as Chasidy goes over Mom's answers: “Momma, uh-uh, that's wrong. You gotta do this right. This isn't right.”
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