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In reply to the discussion: My high school counselor said I wasn't "college material". Well, guess who passed the CA bar exam? [View all]Hekate
(90,645 posts)I went because my parents could just about afford it, as did my siblings. All but one of us transferred to universities (which we paid for with jobs and grants). There's one B.S., one M.S., and one Ph.D. among us.
Our dad retrained into the electronics era by taking night classes at the same CC for certificates applicable to his field, and kept his job at Lockheed Aircraft for another 20+ years, surviving all the rolling layoffs of people who couldn't make the change.
My first husband had a problem since childhood that no one could diagnose and was told flat out he could never get into college, much less graduate. He struggled hard, but made it from CC to state college and got a B.A. Years later we found out his problem was dyslexia. Some years after that he got his M.A.
It goes on, but suffice it to say the California Community College system is my hero -- I hope the state will always find a way to keep it affordable and of high quality. It pleases me no end to see your success story started there.
All the best to you in your legal profession in all the years to come.
Hekate
Chaffey Community College, 1968