When I worked in adult literacy, I realized quickly that a variety of reasons brought these students to our door. They changed schools one time too many, had no support at home, worked to support the family, had an undiagnosed learning disability...the list goes on. As children they often endured a combination of challenges, but I never heard "I just didn't want to learn."  As part of our intake process, we asked about their experience with traditional education, which would help us help them learn as adults. Even though most of our students had left school before graduating, they could be successful by building on any positive past experience. They also needed help managing feelings of fear and apprehension, which tugged at most of them. A common question was, "Did you have a favorite teacher?" None of the students I ever talked to could name one.  Although school wasn't always wonderful and I had my share of teachers I didn’t care for, school was still a p...