'I GOT MY DEGREE...at 73!'
New Idea|June 19, 2023
GREAT-GRANDMA SHARON IS PROOF IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS
Megan Rowe
'I GOT MY DEGREE...at 73!'

When Sharon Sutton left school at the age of 12 to help support her family, she made a vow she would go to university one day.

Six decades later, the great-grandmother finally threw her mortarboard in the air after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Sunshine Coast.

Sharon grew up so poor she went to primary school barefoot, but that didn’t deter her dreams of becoming a history teacher.

Even now, the 73-year-old recalls the shock she experienced when her mother broke the news she wouldn’t be going to high school.

This story is from the June 19, 2023 edition of New Idea.

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