Don't get into an argument with Reba Williams of Columbus, Ohio . . . because she does NOT give up when she thinks she's right.
--Growing up, she finished all 12 years of school in Mount Vernon, Ohio . . . but a teacher assigned a required book to read during her senior year, and Reba REFUSED. She said she'd already read the book once . . . hated it . . . and wasn't reading it again.
--So the school withheld her diploma and she couldn't graduate. They offered a compromise . . . if she read the book over the summer and did a report on it, they'd give her the diploma. But Reba REFUSED again.
--She doesn't remember the book . . . because this all happened in 1925 or 1926. (--She ALSO doesn't remember which year she was supposed to graduate.)
--She's 106 years old now . . . and the school has FINALLY knuckled under. The board of education voted last month to award her a diploma. They haven't decided whether to mail it to her or have a ceremony.
