At 96, Mexican lady fulfills dream: going to high school
MEXICO: Guadalupe Palacios stands out in her high propagandize category in Mexico, and it is not only since of her gray hair, her deeply creased skin or her 96 years.
Palacios, who is seeking to live out her dream of finishing high propagandize by her 100th birthday, is also a many eager tyro in a classroom.
“I feel prepared to give it my all. Today is a miraculous day,” she pronounced Monday on her initial day of high propagandize in a southern state of Chiapas, wearing a propagandize uniform of a white polo shirt with a black dress and her possess personal touch: a pinkish sweater.
“Dona Lupita,” as she is affectionately known, was welcomed with acclaim from her associate students during High School Number 2 in a city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, a state capital.
She diligently took records in her chemistry and arithmetic classes and even strutted her things in a dance class.
Palacios grew adult in misery in an inland encampment and spent her childhood assisting her family plantation corn and beans instead of going to school.
As an adult, she went to work offered chickens during market, married twice and had 6 children.
Along a way, she picked adult arithmetic though never schooled to review and write.
When she incited 92, she said, she motionless it was time, and enrolled in a education programme.
“Now we can write letters to my boyfriends,” she pronounced with a laugh.
But she did not stop there: In 2015, she enrolled in a primary school programme for adult learners.
In reduction than 4 years, she finished both primary and center school.
But there was no adult learning programme for high propagandize — so she motionless to enroll in a unchanging open school, with classmates 8 decades younger.
Already, she is looking over high school: She would like to be a kindergarten clergyman someday.