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Bill Curphey's avatar

I wanted to attend college but my family could not afford it and there were no student loans back then so my only option was to work full time and attend college full time. I worked from 4 pm to midnight 12 days in a row (to get the weekend overtime pay) with 2 days (every other weekend off) and attend class during the day and graduated in 4 years. It was difficult and I missed out on a lot of the college life but I knew it was only for a short time and I could get through it. Now when I ever I face adversity I know it will not last and I can get through it. That to me is perseverance

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Merrie Dail's avatar

After hitting the ‘send’ button on comment below, it occurred to me that while every word is factual the words present a totally different picture of the complete person I know. He would never reveal most of those things about himself - if asked, probably respond, “oh. yeah” and move on to something he considered more interesting. E.g. yeah he flew jets, etc, but what was important to him was his love of flight and the design of air machines. We have to be careful, people are complex.

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