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79岁老奶奶与两个孙子同时大学毕业

Rosa Salgado proves you’re never too old to learn a new trick or two. The 79-year-old grandmother graduated from Miami Dade College on Saturday with her two grandchildren David and Mauricio. The woman began her studies in 1995, learning English so she could study more. This week she got her diploma with honours.

“My grandchildren, my family, they’ve grown up watching my activity and they are going to learn and fight in life,” Salgado said. Former professor Sara Bulnes said Salgado’s English was still limited, but her drive to learn was not. “When she came into my classroom her English was very limited and she struggled to learn the language,” Prof. Bulnes said. The grandmother has become an inspiration to many students at the college because she determined to succeed.

“She had some difficulties in learning and she beat them all and she’s here graduating,” Bulnes said. “I’m very proud of her.” It’s been a long road to graduation for Mrs Salgado. She had to put her studies on hold and limit her study on various occasions to put her family first. In 2005 her daughter was in an accident, which made her stop studying. While studying Mrs Salgado worked in the college’s Early Childhood Centre, caring for babies. “I’m so happy when I’m working with the infants,” she said.

While she wasn’t sure what her future held she hoped to continue her studies but her health had made things difficult. “It’s difficult to study because I have to take care of my health,” she said. However, Mrs Salgado encouraged people to learn as much as they could. “I would say to students, young, old or in the middle, that every day they have to fight to learn because learning is wonderful,” Salgado said. “And I know there are a lot of things I still have to learn.”