The Place
A winding staircase greets you as you first enter the Columbus Literacy Council. A small side table serves as a receptionist desk beneath the staircase along with a small pile of mail. A room with three long windows and a forgotten fireplace is frequently vacant. It is far from the living room or family room it once was. Now it is a classroom.
The busiest of the classrooms is the room right off the kitchen, the dining room, now with desks and a bigger table where tutors can sit with more than one student at a time. The lesson books are stacked in the room next to it, it’s a cramped room with a table that doesn’t quite fit. A piñata shaped like a chili pepper hangs from its ceiling.
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The Columbus Literacy Council is 45 years old. Throughout its existence, it has seen students from all around the world. It’s mission is to promote literacy and strive to give those who are in the minority an opportunity to achieve a goal they could not achieve on their own.
It provides tutoring for Adult Basic Education students, people whose first language is English, and tutoring for English as a second language students, or ESOL students. It’s majority are ESOL, and the CLC’s main method is conversation.
The instructor’s office is located in the kitchen right beside the refrigerator. The kitchen has a black and white tiled floor, which leads to a hidden staircase and back door.
