When Randy went back to college.
April 15, 2022
Randy was 29 when he decided to return to school. He had two small children in the home and after struggling to make ends meet he decided that he needed to leverage his talent in math. Math was always Randy’s strength in school but he couldn’t spell a lick. In fact he always liked to point that out to his students over the years, that even if you have a disability (dyslexia) if your good at math, you can always get a job. Over the years many people took it upon themselves to point out Randy’s spelling shortcomings and forecast that those deficits would keep him from success. Randy took that as a challenge and pretty much said “I’ll show you”. He passed the CBEST the first time he took it (even though his seminar instructor told him “you’ll never pass CBEST”). I wanted to put this out there tonight cause we are currently reviewing scholarship applications for students at Del Norte High and we want you all to know that you matter. We want you to know that you should not listen to other negative opinions when they try to tell you you won’t succeed. That’s their stuff, not yours. If you work hard, don’t ever quit and you believe in yourself, you can do anything you set you mind too. Good luck and get that college degree, even if your the first in your family ever