Post by captaggie on Jan 14, 2005 10:25:14 GMT -5
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76-Year-Old Woman Enrolls At A&T
GREENSBORO -- Christine Barrett has been married for nearly 50 years. She has 10 children, 10 granchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
She also has a dorm room at North Carolina A&T, where she's enrolled as a freshman.
Barrett, who only went to school through the eighth grade, received her high school diploma through a correspondence course in 2003. Now, she's ready for college.
As a second semester freshman at A&T, Barrett will major in sociology/social work and plans to live in a dormitory until she can find off-campus housing.
Barrett lived in North Carolina for 33 years before moving to New York. Thirty years later, she moved back to Gastonia.
76-Year-Old Woman Enrolls At A&T
GREENSBORO -- Christine Barrett has been married for nearly 50 years. She has 10 children, 10 granchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
She also has a dorm room at North Carolina A&T, where she's enrolled as a freshman.
Barrett, who only went to school through the eighth grade, received her high school diploma through a correspondence course in 2003. Now, she's ready for college.
As a second semester freshman at A&T, Barrett will major in sociology/social work and plans to live in a dormitory until she can find off-campus housing.
Barrett lived in North Carolina for 33 years before moving to New York. Thirty years later, she moved back to Gastonia.
