“She’s very excited,” the new graduate remarked about his mother. “She’s excited, happy and proud.”
, Kaplan’s 99-year-old mother cheered on her son from the crowd as he crossed the stage for his graduation ceremony.Sam Kaplan received his bachelor degree at the Gas South Arena in Duluth GA.She last saw her son in an academic setting in 1969, when he graduated high school. In the decades after, Kaplan crisscrossed careers. According to the college's, he ran a cleaning service and later a telemarketing company.
“I was riding down 316 and heard on the radio that Georgia Gwinnett College was offering a degree that involved script writing,” he explained. “My car seemed to have developed automatic steering, and I pulled off on Collins Hill Road. Five minutes later, I was registering for the fall semester.”Despite his maturity, jumping back into a classroom setting after so many decades wasn’t necessarily like riding a bicycle.
Kate Balsley, an associate professor of film at Georgia Gwinnett College, taught Kaplan for some of his classes and expressed her excitement for his academic achievements.
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