Here is an inspiring story of a man who was expelled from about 10 different schools, and got arrested at tender age, but yet, he still strive through to earning a post doctoral degree (PhD).
The man who is named Dr. Tommie Mabry is an author, motivational speaker, and educational consultant.
Record has it that Mabry wasn’t even in high school yet when 10 public schools expelled him, and he was in the fifth grade when he got his first sentenced to several days in a detention center.
After he managed to have finish High school, people mocked at him saying that he won’t make it big in life considering the fact that he was too problematic.
In an interview session, Mabry said;
“I didn’t know how to write a paragraph until college, and they don’t teach that. I had a professor tell me I wouldn’t get a degree because I don’t write the way I should, I’m not a scholar.
So I stayed In the writing lab at every college I went to,”
“The hard thing wasn’t the neighborhood; that was easy because I’m from it. It was sitting in a classroom with other scholars and scared for them to call on me to spell something on the board, that was my biggest fear.
I worked on that my whole college career, but my mind was different, my why was different.”
With strong determination and focus, the young man was able to bag his first Bachelor’s degree in education from Tugaloo College, followed by a Master’s in child development from Tugaloo College, and now a Doctorate in Urban Higher Education from Jackson State University.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM!
Also, Mabry has written and published several best-selling books including A Dark Journey To a Light Future and If Tommie Can Do It, We Can Do It.
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