ORLANDO, Fla- With worksheets that allow students to fill in their own opinion to real life questions, Dr. Adrian Manley gets Valencia Community College students to gain more confidence.
“Why marriage, why now?” and “good reasons and not so good reasons” are two of the main questions Manley asks on his worksheet titled “ Some things to know before saying I do.”
Valencia Community College is now hosting skill shops to help improve students not only with school work or computer technique but also with relationships and personal issues.
“I enjoy all the knowledge about dating relationships that we received in this skill shop.” said Freshman Elise Levesque in regards to the “Before saying I do” workshop held Oct 23.
“Skill shops have helped me know what to look for in a marriage partner and things to watch out for in abusive relationships.” said Levesque “ Everything I’ve learned is a topic that everyone will have to face sooner or later.”
Manley allows students to open up and prefers that the skill shop not be like a classroom setting. He encourages students to work together to come up with some ideas and answers to the questions in the handouts.
Manley covers some important issues such as, family, religion, sex, economics, values and friends. The skill shop turned into a heated debate between a few students as these issues were talked about. He reminds the students that not everyone has the same upbringing and everyone has different values.
“I’m really glad they offer these skill shops to students and I hope the students find them beneficial.” said Manley “ Hopefully they take away tips or even skills that they can work on.”
Manley has been a marriage counselor for 3 years and has been doing skill shops at Valencia for a year so far.
Freshman Will Wattington has done 3 skill shops with Manley and plans on attending more.
“Skill shops have helped me learn how to become a better man and better boyfriend” said Wattington “It helped me pick and choose who I should be spending my time with.”
"Although I am already a confident person these shops help reinforce that.” said Wattington
Manley plans on organizing more skill shops for the next semester with similar topics.
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