{"id":61890,"date":"2011-09-09T20:21:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T20:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/community\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2022-09-28T11:21:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T15:21:38","slug":"mastering-the-art-of-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/09\/09\/mastering-the-art-of-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastering the Art of Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/community\/2011\/mastering-the-art-of-learning\/6838-denise-robinow-anna-blackwell-6-21-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2044\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2044\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/09\/mastering-6838-138508x762.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Anna Blackwell\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The word \u201cretire\u201d is simply not in Anna Gee Blackwell\u2019s vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p>Blackwell graduated from Wright State in 2005 at age 76 with a master\u2019s degree in piano performance. While at Wright State, she served as an accompanist for the Paul Laurence Dunbar Chorale. At 82, she obtained her second master\u2019s degree, in special education, online from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. She currently works as a substitute schoolteacher in Springfield, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Blackwell worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for 34 years before retiring as a budget analyst in 1984. She helped raise five children, became certified as a licensed practical nurse, and also taught piano lessons to help put her children through school. Two of her children earned degrees from Wright State: Barrett, a master\u2019s in guidance and counseling; and Cynthia, a bachelor\u2019s in biomedical engineering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWright State has impacted my life through the years by challenging me to go beyond even my own expectations, to continually encourage young people to strive for an education that will prepare them for tomorrow and to believe that all things are possible through hard work, dedication and a belief in oneself,\u201d Blackwell said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word \u201cretire\u201d is simply not in Anna Gee Blackwell\u2019s vocabulary. Blackwell graduated from Wright State in 2005 at age 76 with a master\u2019s degree in piano performance. While at Wright State, she served as an accompanist for the Paul &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/09\/09\/mastering-the-art-of-learning\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":59862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4859,747,4827,715],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fine-and-performing-arts","category-liberal-arts","category-magazine","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130044,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61890\/revisions\/130044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}