{"id":38251,"date":"2025-07-14T19:24:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-custodian-earns-4-degrees-and-a-mailman-adopts-his-best-friend\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T19:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:24:47","slug":"a-custodian-earns-4-degrees-and-a-mailman-adopts-his-best-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-custodian-earns-4-degrees-and-a-mailman-adopts-his-best-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"A custodian earns 4 degrees and a mailman adopts his best friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>CBS News contributor\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/beg-knows-america\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">David Begnaud<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s latest installment of Dear David features inspiring stories sent by viewers, including the story of a Texas custodian who earned four college degrees while working overnight and raising four kids, and a local mailman who adopted a dog from his old route after the pup&#8217;s owner passed away.<\/p>\n<h2>Custodian earns 4 degrees while working full-time<\/h2>\n<p>Jessica Caldwell, a mother of four, has achieved what many would consider impossible: earning four college degrees while working full-time as a custodian and raising her children.<\/p>\n<p>For more than a decade, Caldwell cleaned classrooms overnight at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/texas-am\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">A&amp;M Central Texas University,<\/a> walking more than 26,000 miles behind a custodian&#8217;s cart. When her shift ended at 5 a.m., she would care for her children and attend college courses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was in charge of cleaning the classrooms and two of the buildings out of the three that we have at A&amp;M Central Texas,&#8221; Caldwell said. &#8220;A couple of them actually have computers in them. So I was actually able to work on my homework or my assignments during my lunch break.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the day, she sat in the very classrooms she cleaned at night. Her work schedule made completing a traditional teaching degree nearly impossible, but with help from the university and professors, she found a workaround.<\/p>\n<p>Caldwell has earned her bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees while working full-time as a custodian and is now one step away from earning her teaching credentials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just be persistent as far as continuing on something that you want to achieve,&#8221; Caldwell said. &#8220;A lot of people that have a job that they think that they don&#8217;t matter in, they actually do really matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Postal worker adopts dog from former route<\/h2>\n<p>A postal worker&#8217;s bond with a dog on his delivery route led to an unexpected adoption when the canine needed a new home.<\/p>\n<p>Ian Burke, a postal worker, had developed a friendship with Pretty Boy Floyd, a border collie mix, during his regular mail route. 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