It's never too late to learn
The 72-year-old Canadian received his degree 50 years after entering college.
Steven Potter is a 72-year-old Ontario native who enrolled at the University of Guelph and planned to earn a bachelor's degree back in 1971. Shortly after starting his studies, however, he was offered a job in the human resources department of the Ontario government.
"It paid the fantastic salary of CAD 10,000, which was a whole lot of money in 1973 and I decided to take that job and finish my degree part-time," — Potter told CBC.
Steven has had a successful career in HR. He even opened his own consulting business in Ottawa. However, all these years Potter wanted to get higher education. For example, in his own words, he tried several times to take courses at the University of Toronto. Family life took too much effort, nothing came out of studying, but Steven did not abandon his dream.
In 2006 Potter re-enrolled at Guelph University. And since then, he has been "gnawing at the granite of science" by taking courses. He completed his last course, Introduction to Italian, during the winter semester.
And now, 52 years after he began his studies, Steven Potter has finally earned a university degree and became a Bachelor of Arts, graduating with honors.
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