After fifty years of being away from academia, an 85-year-old African-American WWII Vet returns to the University of Wis | dG1falYyOW5CUGZzZ2s
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00:00When asked once why he was happy all the time Clarence replied there just isn't any other option
00:05Which makes him a bit of a rarity a happy adult who claims he's never really worked at it
00:10He just is happy which begs the question can we will ourselves to be happier?
00:15He always would let you know you can do anything that you want to do in life
00:19So I made one officer from World War two. It was a proud day in my life
00:23You know I come from a family of 15. Any problem with your ear? No. Nose? Throat? No. Your hearing has been good?
00:31Good. Hearing is good? Good. What are you doing now?
00:35Going to school. How did that come about? Well after my children had graduated from college
00:40I said why not me? So I decided to return and finish the dream that I started 50 years ago
00:47Let's go. Get up. Well I'm back to school. Yeah. You a little over halfway? Halfway finished. Oh wow. Guess what? That's very good
01:03You that way. East that way.
01:09Good afternoon sir. I think you're doing wonderful. I think you bring an insight a lot of the young folk don't have
01:15What I'd like for you to do. Do you use a computer?
01:18Tonight's class is email basics. There's an N right there. You want that to be an M. Backspace a couple more times. We'll get rid of it. You got an extra U in there as well.
01:27I see. You got two extra dots in there.
01:35You don't think in it. You can do anything. You put your mind to it.
01:39Every time I have a student talk about how I'm 24 and I'm so old to be in school I pull this out and I'm going to say now listen. Don't tell me you're too old to be in school.
01:51The purpose of education is to re-find and re-produce the best in us.
02:00You can do anything you want at any point and the only limitations are the ones you're setting for yourself and I think Clarence learned that lesson a long time ago.
02:07Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful. Just remember, you only come by this way once. I don't know why I've been by you twice. All you get is one shot in.