“Anything is possible if you’ve got the nerve.”
- J.K.
Rowling
Joanne Rowling was
born in Yate, England on July 31, 1965. She attended St. Michael’s Primary
School in Winterbourne, Wyedean School and College, and the University of
Exeter (Biography). At the University of Exeter she obtained a degree in
Classics and French. She regretted not getting a degree in English
Literature, but her parents saw no use for the degree. They saw it as a useless degree (J.K. Rowling).
In 1990, after
graduating from Exeter, she moved to Portugal to teach English (J.K. Rowling).
There she met and married her first husband, Jorge Arantes. Together, Arantes
and Rowling had a daughter named Jessica (Biography).
After her marriage ended in divorce, her life was flung into chaos. She moved to Edinburg, Scotland to
live with her younger sister, and she was supporting herself and Jessica off of government welfare. During this hard time, she began writing a plot for a book. A book
that would not only change her life but also the life of most that read it, Harry Potter (Biography).
Her life just shows that people can change their situation. Every obstacle that got in her way was plowed over. She had a bigger plan for herself, and I feel that we all need to find our bigger plan.
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