In 1962, a few days before he was set to graduate, high school senior Ted Sams got suspended and missed a crucial final exam. So that summer he took a make up class in order to graduate. But then the school wouldn’t give him his diploma because he owed them $4.80 for a book. So, Sams just walked away without officially graduating.
Now, 60 years later, Sams finally donned the blue cap and gown and received his diploma with the class of 2022 at Southern California’s San Gabriel High School, as reported by the Associated Press. Apparently, the school still kept his original diploma in a filing cabinet. And so, after six decades, Ted Sams from the class of 1962 finally graduated.
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