I never went to university but always thought about it. The only way I 1 it was listening to my children talk about the interesting classes they were taking. University was just a life-long 2 of mine. I just turned sixty-four years old. I still thought about that old dream 3 one day when there was an Advanced-Age 4 at the local university. I decided to 5 .
My first day of school finally arrived. As I drove there, my mind was filled with 6 thoughts, "What am I doing? The 7 will laugh when they see me in class. I probably won't live long enough to get a 8 . Maybe I should just turn the car around and go home. "
Then, suddenly, I saw it! A large billboard on the side of the road with a picture of Kermit the Frog. I slowed down a little and read the words, "Live your dreams. " Was Kermit talking about me? I didn't turn the car around.
I drove a little 9 on up the highway and there was another 10 . This one had a picture of Albert Einstein with his tongue 11 out. A line read, "As a student, he was no Einstein. " And there was a word in red, "Confidence". A new attitude was 12 inside me.
13 the gate of the university, I found there 14 still another billboard. This one showed a photograph of a proud woman. Under the picture was her name, Nola Otis, aged 95, the oldest university graduate. Below it was the words, "Live Life". At that moment, my outlook changed 15 .
