2008 Woodie Awards
Long-awaited Graduation
Wife, mother of two graduates on May 22 after seven years at Citrus College with an AA degree in human behavior, AS degree in electronics
Genoveva Escobosa
Issue date: 5/12/04 Section: Features
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She is a wife, she is the mother of two, and now she is a graduate of Citrus College, and will be receiving her associate in arts degree with an emphasis on electronics and associate in sciences degree with an emphasis on human behavior.
Lorena Olague, 26, has been a student at Citrus College for 14 semesters this May. Some may sarcastically ask what took her so long, while others might just simply say that she is lazy. But Olague has a lot to be proud of.
As Olague thinks back to her schooldays, from elementary through high school, she recalls how her mother would beg Lorena's teachers to let her move on to the next grade, each time that June rolled by. But Lorena was never uninterested and bored with her studies, in fact, she would spend long hours studying and attempting to work through the homework assignments which she found so difficult.
Lorena graduated from Azusa High School in 1996, a year later than she had originally planned. "It felt weird to be the oldest one in my class."
And even though her history of struggling with school work might have deterred another from further pursuing their education, Olague enrolled herself at Citrus College, nonetheless.
While college is an enjoyable experience for many, the first three years were anything but for Olague who upon starting classes at the college, was once again met by the all too familiar scent of the hard times impending.
During her first six semesters, Olague was enrolled in pretty much the same set of classes every semester because she was unable to successfully complete them. She recalls how there was a point in which she broke out in tears just wishing she knew the reason for which she was too dumb to succeed in school.
Finally, after three years of coming up empty handed, Lorena walked over to the Learning Center for the third time as recommended by yet another professor. And although she expected the results to come back with no abnormality to inform -just as it had the first two times- this time, her tests showed that Lorena actually did suffer from an unspecified learning disorder.
Lorena Olague, 26, has been a student at Citrus College for 14 semesters this May. Some may sarcastically ask what took her so long, while others might just simply say that she is lazy. But Olague has a lot to be proud of.
As Olague thinks back to her schooldays, from elementary through high school, she recalls how her mother would beg Lorena's teachers to let her move on to the next grade, each time that June rolled by. But Lorena was never uninterested and bored with her studies, in fact, she would spend long hours studying and attempting to work through the homework assignments which she found so difficult.
Lorena graduated from Azusa High School in 1996, a year later than she had originally planned. "It felt weird to be the oldest one in my class."
And even though her history of struggling with school work might have deterred another from further pursuing their education, Olague enrolled herself at Citrus College, nonetheless.
While college is an enjoyable experience for many, the first three years were anything but for Olague who upon starting classes at the college, was once again met by the all too familiar scent of the hard times impending.
During her first six semesters, Olague was enrolled in pretty much the same set of classes every semester because she was unable to successfully complete them. She recalls how there was a point in which she broke out in tears just wishing she knew the reason for which she was too dumb to succeed in school.
Finally, after three years of coming up empty handed, Lorena walked over to the Learning Center for the third time as recommended by yet another professor. And although she expected the results to come back with no abnormality to inform -just as it had the first two times- this time, her tests showed that Lorena actually did suffer from an unspecified learning disorder.