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82-Year-Old Gets Harvard Degree

One has to admire anyone that takes learning seriously all throughout life. I wish all of my students were as driven and enthusiastic about learning like this woman.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- An 82-year-old woman graduated from Harvard University on Thursday. Betty McNeil made many pledges in her life. One was to her family -- that she would get her college degree before her grandchildren. On Thursday, she fulfilled that promise.

McNeil not only received a bachelor's in liberal arts from the Harvard Extension School, but she won an award recognizing academic achievement and character.