Red Neck Woman graduates high school at age 34

graduates high school at age 34,

reported the A.P May 4th. 

Her first radio single, "Redneck Woman,"

spent five weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs

chart and it earned her a 2005 Grammy.

Her debut album sold 4.5 million copies.

Despite all her successes,

the 34-year-old songwriter was one of 20 percent

of Tennesseans without a high school diploma.

But no longer.

Wilson,

who dropped out in ninth grade,

passed her General Educational Development

exam in April and will don a cap and gown during

a May 15 graduation ceremony.

Wilson told The Tennessean that her

7-year-old daughter was the big reason

to finally finish, saying,

"I certainly don't want her to think you can be

this successful without an education."

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All kidding aside, congratulations.

I was not the best student myself.

(I'm a West Virginia redneck, yee haw!)

    Rash Manly           22moon.com

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