Wendy Thistle is from Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia, her life changed when she entered Queens Adult High School.
She’s 69 and had dropped out of high school more than 50 years ago. She got a job as a cashier back then, she married and had kids.
When says when her marriage suddenly ended last year, she felt stripped of her identities and decided she was a student and set the goal of earning her high school diploma!
Well, Wendy recently graduated with more than a diploma. She received a community service award from her MLA, a bronze medal from the governor general for her 94 per cent grade, a leadership award and a certificate of academic honours with distinction.
Congrats to grad Wendy Thistle who waited a long time to throw her hat in the air! She doesn’t know where her education will take her next, but she’s excited to find out!
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-Ian
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