By D. Aileen Dodd
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Metro Atlanta / State News
May 30, 2010
Medical experts said David “Chris” Wesley wasn’t college material. Childhood seizures had robbed him of the ability to do math without a calculator.
The processing region of his brain was jammed, his memory hazy.
But Wesley never forgot the early lesson of Aesop's fable “The Tortoise and the Hare.”
“It’s the truth. Slow and steady wins the race,” said Wesley of Lilburn.
The 23-year-old student recently graduated from Georgia Perimeter College with honors. It took him four years to complete his two-year associate’s degree, but Wesley wasn’t in a rush.
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