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– A 64-year-old woman has taken her formal education serious as she got enrolled for her doctoral programme
– The woman sat her children down and told them she is going back to school for further education
– Proud of what she did, her daughter, Isa Watson, told informed tweeps about the mum’s big step
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A 64-year-old year woman has shown that there will always be time for what one is passionate about and wants to do.
Her daughter, Isa Watson, in a Twitter post revealed that the woman told her children during Thanksgiving that she has been given admission to study for her PhD.
She will be beginning the doctoral programme at the University of Pennyslvannia. Watson declared that here mother’s drive has shown that nothing is too late to pursue.
The daughter tweeted:
“My 64-year old mother told us on Thanksgiving that she got accepted to a PhD program at UPenn. It’s never too late to do what you want!”
Her post generated massive reactions from tweeps as the flood her mum’s photos with thousands of comments and over 122,000 likes.
Below are some of the comments on the post:
@lifesafeast said:
“This reminds me of a story. When I was an undergrad at UPenn back in the early 80s, I met a 50-year-old woman who had just been accepted to Penn medical school. She told us that when she had told her friends & family that she wanted to become a doctor and was applying to med school…”
@ChauncineC said:
“Send my congratulations and ask her where she found that beautiful blue tablecloth.”
@skzatopek said:
“If you love learning it’s never too late. I admire her. I’m 60 and thinking of going back to school. The desire to learn and have challenges is calling me! Your mom must of got that call. I Wish her success!”
@cuvaj_se said:
“Congratulations to her! This is still one of my dreams. I’m 49–so maybe it’s still possible for me!”
@CyDieyi said:
“Congratulations to her! Smiling face with 3 hearts My mom started living a lifelong dream of being an author at 59! I am sooo freaking proud of her and will do everything in my power to support her Yellow heart It really is never too late!”
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a stunning young woman gushed about her role model online. Nya Syndab shared the inspiring story of her gorgeous mother.
Syndab revealed her mom finally realised her dream of becoming a doctorate graduate at the age of 50.
Taking to Twitter, the young lady shared stunning snaps of her mom and she captioned the post:
“My mom became a doctor at 50! Dreams always come true. Congratulations, beautiful!”
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