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106-Year-Old Finally Gets High School Diploma, Says 'That's Nice' (Voted Against Obama)
MSN ^ | Feb 28, 2013

Posted on 03/01/2013 6:59:15 PM PST by nickcarraway

When longtime — seriously longtime — Ohio resident Reba Williams was a senior in high school, she refused to complete an assignment and was refused a diploma. That was around 1925. Her life continued, she married, had kids and worked as a cook. Now, at age 106 and sharp as a tack, she can at last call herself a high school graduate.

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1 posted on 03/01/2013 6:59:19 PM PST by nickcarraway
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I wonder what assignment she refused to complete.


2 posted on 03/01/2013 7:01:27 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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At last she can apply for college admission.


3 posted on 03/01/2013 7:20:59 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (I think, therefore I am what I yam, and that's all I yam - "Popeye" Descartes)
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To: nickcarraway

She should go to prom.


4 posted on 03/01/2013 7:22:43 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (ok)
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Geld said the last time she saw Reba, about five years ago, she asked if she had voted for Obama, thinking she had for sure.

“Nope,” she said. “He’s too much of a liberal for me.”

Geld said Reba was “always strong minded and straight to the point.”

5 posted on 03/01/2013 7:24:04 PM PST by paltz
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I’d take her.


6 posted on 03/01/2013 7:24:39 PM PST by nickcarraway
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I wonder what University she will chose in the fall? lol. Congrats to the graduate.


7 posted on 03/01/2013 7:34:38 PM PST by napscoordinator
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I want to hear the superintendents side of the story.


8 posted on 03/01/2013 7:58:22 PM PST by BipolarBob (Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
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She will only be 110 when she graduates from college. :)


9 posted on 03/01/2013 8:36:46 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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She will only be 110 when she graduates from college. :)

i don't know... it took her 88 years to finish her senior year of high school... :) fun story...

10 posted on 03/01/2013 8:51:26 PM PST by latina4dubya ( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
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To: nickcarraway

Wonder what she wants to be when she grows up??????


11 posted on 03/01/2013 9:03:32 PM PST by longhorn too
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To: cripplecreek

My guess is climbing the rope in gym.


12 posted on 03/01/2013 9:12:24 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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From the photo, it looks like Reba is black. So Geld was guilty of racial profiling, assuming that any black person who voted must have voted for Obama.


13 posted on 03/02/2013 9:32:12 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: nickcarraway
Reba Williams


14 posted on 03/02/2013 9:25:59 PM PST by paltz
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