For six years, Simon Wilson fought hard for his dreams, and at Commencement in 2012, he claimed his victory: an undergraduate degree from UIS.
Simon now has a job teaching fifth grade at Butler Elementary, and this past summer, he began a master’s degree in Educational Leadership at UIS.
Not bad for a man who declared in high school:
“I will NEVER go to college. My family is too poor. And even if I did go to college, I would never graduate.” Continue reading
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