Reader comments: Utahn has career, then a degree
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Evan E | 7:00 a.m. Aug. 14, 2008
Wow, what an inspiration ! I'm 41 yrs old and desire to go back to school to get into nursing. Last time I was in school was 12 yrs ago. I really can relate to this ladies experience with finishing her Bachelors degree ! I have a goal, to be enrolled in school again fall semester of 09 !
Congratulations to Hermine Horman !
Congratulations to Hermine Horman !
Big Daddy | 7:40 a.m. Aug. 14, 2008
Absolutely uplifting story. Really good to see someone achieve their goals in life. And a very nice lady. From one college grad to another...congratulations, Hermine.
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CONGRATULATIONS! | 8:37 a.m. Aug. 14, 2008
Hermine, SUPERB job! I hope you enjoy your special graduation day. You've certainly earned it.
God bless!
Dan Maloy
Enid, OK
God bless!
Dan Maloy
Enid, OK
Jacqui | 8:48 a.m. Aug. 14, 2008
Hermine is one of the funniest ladies I have ever met, and has such determination! She absolutely cracks us up in RS every week, and I am glad to know her. Congratulations!!
Carol | 9:46 a.m. Aug. 14, 2008
Evan- I am a great grandma now, but on my 47th birthday I paid my matriculation fee, took home the catalog to decide what I wanted to do- stay in my field- I was a LPN at the time, or change. I decided to stay with what I knew. There was a long protracted divorce that had been fermenting for years, there was surgery for a brain tumor, and there was graduation. I figured those years would go by whether I worked toward that degree or not. They did, but I had my degree when they were over. Do it.
Alisha | 6:12 p.m. Aug. 14, 2008
THAT'S MY GRANDMA!!! WAY TO GO!!!! :)
Way | 9:34 p.m. Aug. 14, 2008
to go Woman. You are an inspiration.
Anonymous | 2:07 p.m. Aug. 15, 2008
I am sure your kids were not really more educated than she was. In her 82 years of writing and publishing I she surely learned as much as they did in college. However now she has a paper to prove it!
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I have one course to finish myself after going through the graduation ceremonies at U of U, but because I have moved far away I haven't been able to find a course. I took a online course and I got a A in the class. The home study department lost my course work somehow and I had to take the class again, but this time I only got a Ct and they wouldn't accept that grade. I want to graduate so bad my heart aches I spent all that money and they wouldn't give me a degree. Some day I want to do it! I am so happy for you.