Beulah Wills has done it. She has demonstrated to the world that no matter your age, learning and accomplishment is very much a possibility. About a year ago, 91 year- old Beulah Wills decided to get her GED. She had dropped out of school to work in order to help her family through the Great Depression.
Today, we have young people that’s dropping out of school, because they don’t like it. And sadly enough, those young people don’t go on to earn their GEDs. Beulah Wills is a role model to us all in that learning never stops – it’s a life long process.
WVVA reports:
Poor eyesight and hearing made it difficult for Beulah but she just worked that much harder.
Math was a challenge she enjoyed.
The phrase, “worked that much harder”, is very astounding. So many times we hear people get fussy, because they have to work harder to accomplish something. Here is a woman that had a determinate mind and passionate heart to achieve something that meant the world to her.
Read what her daughter, Wilson, said:
“It’s wonderful to have a mother that is 91 years old and wants to do something like this and just kept with it until she did finish it because it’s been a lifelong dream of hers ever since she quit school.”
Congratulations to Ms. Beulah Wills. May many follow your example today and know the joy of such an accomplishment.
