It’s never too late
Picking up a lost milestone by earning a high school diploma S TO R Y A N D P H OTO S B Y S H E I L A H A R R I S
Many people in the United States take their high school diplomas for granted as simply the documents which granted them rite of passage into what they considered the adult world of college or the work force. But for a large number of Americans, a high school diploma was a milestone never achieved. In previous generations, because a high school diploma was not a requisite for most jobs, when teens left school in order to help support their families, or to begin families of their own, their lack of a diploma was often no impediment to their future financial stability. However, in today’s tightened job market, the lack of a diploma often constitutes a huge barrier to entering the work force. With classes funded by Adult Education and Literacy grants, Crowder College is providing a way for people to cross that barrier.
JANUARY 2014
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