Saturday 29 May 2010

In other news......

Most popular news stories IN THE WORLD right now, according to Yahoo:

1. Shocking pics of two-year-old smoking boy

2. Diff'rent Strokes Star Dies After Haemorrhage

3. Woman Becomes Grand Old Graduate At 94

4. North Korean Troops 'Prepare For Combat'

5. India Plane Overshoots Runway: 158 Dead


Thank goodness for that smart old lady, I say. 

Her name is Hazel Soares and she missed going to college the first time around because of the Depression. The ACTUAL Depression.  As in the famous one.  The best part of the story is this:

She will forgo the common post-graduation gap year to work as a museum guide in the San Francisco Bay area.

Even at 94, Hazel is not quite the grand oldest graduate ever.  That would be Nola Oates who finished her first degree in 2007 at the age of 95, and then went on to do a Masters, which she finished literally last week.  Nola Oates is now 98.

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