Ctrl alt
shift
Workshop Thar
I Owe It All to Community College By Tom Hanks
In 1974, I graduated from Skyline High School in Oakland, Calif., an underachieving student
with lousy SAT scores. Allowed to send my results to three colleges, I chose M. I.T. and
Villanova, knowing such fine schools would never accept a student like me but hoping they'd
toss some car stickers my way for taking a shot. I couldn't afford tuition for college anyway. I
sent my final set of stats to Chabot, a community college in nearby Hayward, Calif., which,
because it accepted everyone and was free, would be my alma mater.
For thousands of commuting students, Chabot was our Columbia Annanolin