78-year-old man gets high school diploma after six decades
Ted Sams receiving his original high school diploma during San Gabriel High School’s graduation at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on May 27.
US: For 60 years, Ted Sams regretted missing his High School graduation. Now 78, Sams can finally call himself a graduate after donning a cap and gown and receiving his diploma Friday with the class of 2022 at Southern California’s San Gabriel High School.
Back in 1962 when he was a High School senior, Sams got in trouble and was suspended five days before the end of the school year. He said he missed a crucial final exam and had to make it up over the summer.
“When I went back with my grade, they wouldn’t give me my diploma because I owed US$ 4.80 for a book,” Sams told KABC-TV. “And so I just walked away and said forget it.”
The school still had Sams’ original diploma locked away in an old filing cabinet.
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