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"When they announced my name, my wife walked me across the stage and not only did my fellow graduates stand up and clap for me, but the whole auditorium stood up!" [Bill Bland] said. "I asked my wife what was happening, and she said, 'Everybody is standing for you!' It was very moving. I wouldn't have gotten a standing ovation in 1948, that's for sure! I felt very proud."
"I am visually impaired, and some of the teachers were just not comfortable having a visually impaired person in their classrooms," Bland said. "I haven't been able to read books since the fourth grade, so some other students would have to take me out to the hall to read to me."See the full content of this document
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Better Late Than Never
On June 11, 2006, Bill Bland, IFCCE, president of General Account Service in North Kansas City, Mo., earned his high school diploma-...
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