Too old to learn?
By afternoontea
@afternoontea (1005)
Indonesia
August 2, 2007 4:54am CST
I am taking a german course lately to improve my skill. In my class, there is one lady that in the middle age are so keen to learn. She pays lots of attention to the course. There are also a high school students that taking the course as part of their school program. Once a student told me that the old lady are too old to learn, he even wondered why she would love to learn while he already fed up with his school homework.
For me, I adore that lady that things she never too old to learn something new. I wish I could be like her always have a passion to learn... What do you think?
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4 responses
@smartali89 (179)
• Pakistan
2 Aug 07
Learning is not limited to only youngsters, but anyone can learn anytime in any phase of age, and we should not stop learning at old ages, It is a good thing being keen to learning,
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@estherlou (5015)
• United States
5 Aug 07
You are never too old to learn something new. I sometimes pray on the way to work..."Thank you Lord for the opportunity to learn and to grow and to do". If we don't continue to learn, we stagnate. I went back to college when I was almost 40 and finished my bachelors and worked on my masters. I just loved learning! and you hear all of the time about grandmothers going back to school.
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@limcyjain (3516)
• India
15 Aug 07
I think there is no age limit to learn. Rather if we analise we are in a learning process every day. We are not in a classroom but are still learning arent we. My husband who is an MBA told me that in his post graduation an army colonel was there classmate. He had taken a two year leave from the army to complete his studies. Everything is possible.
@syndibee (799)
• United States
2 Aug 07
i find that the older a person gets they reach different levels of maturity and may actually be more open to learning, thus learn more. often high school students are just there because they have to be. an older student is there because they want to be, they aren't wasting their time or anyone elses. people have the capacity to learn as long as they are open to the learning experience. once someone stops learning they may as well just not be living because life is all about learning experiences, not just school learning.
