It’s never too late to graduate.
The Post’s own Cindy Adams says she was “stunned” to be receiving a belated high school diploma — albeit “800 years too late.”
She was finally granted one Monday in a ceremony with both the governor and mayor.
The legendary gossip columnist explained that she became a high school dropout because she wasn’t handy with a needle and thread.
“I couldn’t sew my graduation dress,” says Adams, 94.
“In those days, we had a thing called Home Ec., short for Home Economics. I had a 90-something average, I graduated in three years instead of four but I couldn’t sew the dress.”
Adams said that her mother took it to a professional to complete but the high-school principal saw right through it.
“He said, ‘She didn’t make this dress,’ ” she remembered. “She doesn’t graduate. She doesn’t get a diploma. She can’t go to college.”
The ceremony, which took place at Adams’ alma mater, Andrew Jackson HS in Queens, attracted a starry bunch.
Gov. Hochul, Mayor Adams and American Federation of Teachers honcho Randi Weingarten all spoke extolling Adams.
“If you had had that opportunity to graduate, you could have gone onto college,” the governor mused.
“Maybe gone on to become a world renowned celebrity columnist for a place like the New York Post, I don’t know what you would have done with that diploma but I think you’ve done all right.
“You graduated from the school of hard knocks.”
Good pal Judith “Judge Judy” Sheindlin also spoke movingly about her friend of 30 years, sharing that they met when their mutual bank teller introduced them to each other.
“She is as loyal a friend as they come,” the celebrated TV jurist said. “She is as loyal a champion as one could want, she’s honest. She is one of the most devoted people to the people who she cares for and who care for her.”
