The Associated Press
via Forbes.com
A firefighter took a promotion exam just 12 hours after giving birth because of a state law requiring all promotion candidates to be tested at once.
Beda Kent gave birth Jan. 10, slept for a little more than two hours and popped some painkillers before taking the exam. She scored 104 out of 110 and expects to return from maternity leave in March as a captain with a $6,000 raise.
“I wanted that promotion,” Kent said of the job she had sought for two years. “I feel I was overdue for this promotion.”
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