Mother joins son at Harvard Extension and gets her own degree

Thursday, August 9, 2018 - 10:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Pamela Lim of Brisbane, Australia, Singapore, and Delaware received a master’s of liberal arts in digital media design from the Harvard Extension School. Her professional field is CEO of All Gifted Inc. She spoke of her experience as a student at the Extension School. Q&A Pamela Lim Harvard extension: Why did you decide to earn a degree at Harvard Extension? lim: I was not looking to get a degree when I first started my journey with Harvard in 2011. I enrolled in Henry Leitner’s programming class because my son was enrolled in it, and I wanted to ensure that the content was relevant and that he was comfortable. Harvard Extension was a lifesaver for my son, who was diagnosed with multiple learning disabilities by educational psychologists, and asked to attend a school for the intellectually disabled. Our own psychologists had advised me otherwise when he was tested profoundly gifted. I homeschooled him, and he completed grade 12. I...

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