It is never too late . . .
This has been my mantra for the 22 years I have been working to get my college diploma. It is never too late. This past week, my family agreed as they watched me graduate. It was a great feeling to have finally accomplished such a big goal.
I read this week of a 100 year old man, Marvin L. “Hub” Northen, that also received his diploma from Baylor University. The man had left the university during the Great Depression because he needed to work to help care for his family. When he left, he was one chemistry credit shy of graduation and somehow never made it back to finish the degree. The school decided that the diploma was in order.
The Associated Press reported that, “According to Glenn Hilburn, the retired chair of Baylor’s religion department, Northen has been participating in a class that can be substituted for the Chemistry 101 class he never took.
‘He’s passed this substitute class with a grade of A-plus without even knowing it,’ Hilburn said. ‘It’s Life 101. He’s mastered that course and mastered it well.’”
Congratulations Mr. Northen on a job well done! Without even realizing it, you have also proven that it is never too late.
I went back to school at age 45, and I’m a much better student now than I was at 18. Anyone considering a return to school shouldn’t hesitate!