NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Hernando Chovil sits at a library table surrounded by school work.
With his white ball cap pulled down over his eyes, he writes essays dissecting scene, setting and character prepping for a big test at the end of the month.
It seems like typical student stuff, except for one thing – the cane resting against Chovil’s chair.
Chovil is 75 years old and pursuing his GED.
Even at his age, his commitment to his education remains so strong that when he and his wife were living off just $375 a month – barely affording food and the rent in their public housing unit – he still paid to put gas in his car so he could drive to class at the southeast branch of the Nashville Public Library twice a week.