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Chapter 5 Section 7 Additional conditions for Westminster College?
Never allow others to set limits on your ability to achieve your ideals. ? ?

When the fall semester started, Hillman couldn't go back to classes because of his poor grades.This is the decision of the dean of the University of Colorado School of Law, and no one can change it. ?
Later, Hillman's father and the dean of the law school, Edward?Kim got in touch, but Dean Kim said, "Hillman is a very nice young man, but there's no way he's going to be a lawyer. He'd better find another job. I'd advise him to stay at the food service where he works weekends." In the grocery store."?
Hillman was very depressed.In his life, he has never really suffered setbacks.He was a popular student in high school and a very respected football player.Without much trouble, he got into the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he was formally admitted to the school's most prestigious law school. ?
Hillman's father only had a primary school education, and he worked as a railway post office clerk for more than 40 years.But he loved learning, and he knew his son desperately wanted to be a lawyer.He advised Hillman to consider Westminster Law School, which offered evening courses. ?
Although his father's suggestion was practical, it strongly hurt Hillman's self-esteem.The University of Colorado is a door leading to the throne of judges and prestigious law firms; and Westminster is
A poor school, with no tenure-track professors or legal authority, where students work day jobs. ?
However, Hillman couldn't let go of his dream of becoming a judge. He finally went to see Clifford, the dean of Westminster Academy?mills. ?
Mills glanced at Hillman's college transcript and said bluntly, "You stood out in Boulder for your PE class, your Spanish class and your student organization."?
He was right.Hillman finally entered the university, but due to lack of good study habits, his academic performance was very unsatisfactory, and he suffered the consequences in the end. ?
Dean Mills allowed Hillman to enroll at Westminster College on the condition that he repeat all first-year courses.The dean said: "I will supervise you at all times."?
Faced with a second chance, Hillman doubled down on his studies, developing a fascination with legal evidence along the way. ?
The following year, a professor who taught legal evidence passed away, and Hillman was miraculously invited to take over his class.Evidence research later became Hillman's lifelong specialty. ?
At the age of 28, Hillman became the youngest country judge in Denver; then, he was elected as a district court judge;Later, he also received the George?Norlin Award and an honorary Doctor of Laws awarded to him. ?
Mind walk?

A Harvard professor who studied at the University of Colorado recalls the sloppy handling of the Hillman case at his former school and the dramatic results that followed.But from Hillman's point of view, it is precisely because of his persistence in his ideals that when he encounters a fork in life and faces an unpredictable future, he has a huge energy in his heart and finally achieved greatness. career.

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