Woman Earns High School Diploma At 82 Years Of Age

[matcom]

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ROCKLEDGE, Fla. -- Now that she has her high school diploma, an 82-year-old Brevard County woman plans to keep going.

Kathy Berger never finished her senior year of Tyner High School in her hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. But she never gave up hope of receiving her diploma.

So, Berger, who has been a Brevard County resident for the past 46 years, decided to ask her former school what she could do to complete her degree. Principal Carol Goss looked over transcripts and told Berger to write a two-page book report on a classic novel.

Berger read "Wuthering Heights," and said she struggled with the report for nearly three months. But she finally finished it and got her diploma.

With high school out of the way, Berger says now she'll "get some college behind me."

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[LostinVA]

1. Good for her!

[anarch]

2. well, good. Now maybe she can get a job.