Tuesday, June 29, 2010

88 years old and still fighting for an education...


Despite his age, an 88 year old man from Nigeria decided to get an education and learn something. He joined a local school in 2009 and hopes to continue his education as far as life will take him. His ultimate dream is to get his PhD before he leaves this world. According to him, "without education, life is worthless."

This goes to show that learning has no age limits. We are all born students, and we all die students. He is an inspiration to us all.

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9 comments:

  1. wwwww
    Really, it ia amazing..ma sha Alla
    I respect him a lot.

    According to him, "without education, life is worthless."
    and I think so ,too.

    education nowadays is very very important
    without education we will lose ..

    I hope I become like him en sha Alla
    If everyone think like him, life will be really, wwwww beautiful.

    thanks for good topic ...

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  2. Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. (Mark Twain)

    education enlightens humans and their minds, broaden their heir horizons

    that is the will.. that is the determination to fulfill a semitic desire :)

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  3. Good Luck Grand father :D

    you are our inspiration

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  4. Yes very inspiring! Sometimes students come to me and tell me I'm too old to study. This man proves them all wrong :)

    Knowledge enlightens humans and broadens the mind exactly :)

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  5. i encourage him and congratulate him on his courage

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  6. Amazing , MashaAllah , SubhanAllah ... :)


    Life itself is a continuous learning experience , and opportunity to learn learn learn , gain knowledge , obtain education , never too old , never too late !

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  7. As long as we are alive (and mentally sane) we will always be students!

    "Life is the best teacher but it unfortunately kills all of its students"

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  8. Geart Mashallah!

    Our life is itself a school. In every age we learn something unique and new.We all are just students of this school.The wise who searches for the chances, in order to learn from this school.It is not about age. It is about the desire to learn and obtain education. Many young people fail in obtaining education, because they don't have the desire to obtain education.

    "Sometimes students come to me and tell me I'm too old to study".

    Ya Mr. Farran It happened to me also. Some people I know said the same thing. My response was" Learning doesn't stop and it is not related to a specific age!"

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  9. Exactly, we are always learning regardless of age :D

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