Sam Kaplan went back to school at 68 on a whim—and four years later, he has graduated summa cum laude from Georgia Gwinnett College.
Then, at age 68, he had a lightning-bolt moment when he heard an ad for a GGC program on the radio while driving a road near the college.
“My car seemed to have developed automatic steering and I pulled off on Collins Hill Road,” he said in the press release. “Five minutes later, I was registering for the fall semester.” The ad’s mention of learning how to write scripts caught Kaplan’s ear. He had already written two books and had developed an interest in the subject.. “I love to tell stories. I thought I could turn my stories into screenplays, but I needed the foundation of what to do.”
With his interest in screenwriting and media, Kaplan’s in a great spot — Georgia’s role in the film industry is robust, withKaplan’s challenges in going to back to school at 68 included relearning how to study and fitting in with hisBut judging by the cheers heard in a
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