Augusta College - White Columns Yearbook (Augusta, GA)

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ANDREW JACKSON College is not for everyone, nor is everyone right for college. There is a great deal of material to be absorbed and a lot of mental energy to be expended in just four years. And. as much as college is a challenge, a privilege, and a builder, it is a pit-hole, a disciplinarian, and a leveler. Not every person can cope with the demands college imposes. IVIany have to overcome a variety of social, educational and physical handicaps to achieve a college education. Andrew Jackson, a 21-year old Augustan, is among this group. Andrew lost the use of his legs nine years ago, but he is determined , to achieve his goals. In the pursuit of his dream, he refuses to weep, yield to self-pity, or to look back on what might have been. He says, After my accident, I went to Warm Springs, the rehabilitation center for the handicapped that Franklin D. Roosevelt frequented. There I saw a lot of people whose lives had come to a complete halt. They went from sitting around to therapy, then back to sitting around. At the time, the thought of my leading that sort of life made me determined to eliminate as many obstacles as possible in order to resume the life I ' d planned for myself. Andrew, a personable and well-known young man on Augusta College ' s campus, bristles at being treated like a handi-capped person. I want to be treated like any other student — not babied, and not pitied, r ore than anything, he says forcefully, I want to be completely independent. When asked what problems he has had on campus because of his handicap, Andrew says resolutely, I have no problems. Even the limited access to certain buildings does not disturb me because I have lots of helpful friends. I attend many of the college activities and participate with the band. Andrew, currently living with his parents, is an amateur photographer and plans to be a studio musician. In the fall he hopes to transfer to Berkely College of IVIusic in Boston where, at last, he would be completely independent. When asked whether there is any possibility he might walk again, Andrew replies, The doctors aren ' t sure whether I ' ll ever be able to use my legs again, but it is possible. In the meantime, he concludes, I accept my handicap. I ' m just grateful to be alive.