88-Year-Old with Dreams of Being a Teacher Gets Degree 6 Decades After She Was Stopped Due to Pregnancy

88-year-old with dreams of being a teacher gets degree 6 decades after she was stopped due to pregnancy

*Attached video: How does the lottery benefit schools (WJW) – Decades after Joan Alexander started college in the hopes of becoming a teacher, she has finally received her degree at the age of 88.  According to a press release from the University of Maine, Alexander was studying at the school in the late 1950s. At the time, career options were limited to education, English and home economics. Your Ohio electric bills are probably going up t…

Woman Dreamed of Becoming a Teacher, but Officials Stood in Her Way After She Got Pregnant. She Just Earned Her Degree at 88

In the late 1950s, Joan Alexander was prevented from student teaching because she was pregnant with her first child. Six decades later, the 88-year-old grandmother received her undergraduate degree from the University of Maine.