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[Journeyman]

I love this story that came out today. It just proves that if we don't continue to try new things, seek new adventures, learn more about life, and not to be afraid of what others will think, we can grow old very quickly.

This Kansas woman is an inspiration:

"Woman, 95, to be oldest college graduate"

By CARL MANNING, Associated Press Writer
Fri Apr 27, 4:02 AM ET

HAYS, Kan. - Sitting on the front row in her college classes carefully taking notes, Nola Ochs is just as likely to answer questions as to ask them. That's not the only thing distinguishing her from fellow students at Fort Hays State University. She's 95, and when she graduates May 12, she'll be what is believed to be the world's oldest person to be awarded a college degree.

She didn't plan it that way. She just loved to learn as a teenager on a Hodgeman County farm, then as a teacher at a one-room school after graduating from high school and later as a farm wife and mother.

"That yearning for study was still there. I came here with no thought of it being an unusual thing at all," she said. "It was something I wanted to do. It gave me a feeling of satisfaction. I like to study and learn."

The record Ochs will break, according to Guinness World Records, belongs to Mozelle Richardson, who at age 90 in 2004 received a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma.

"We should all be so lucky and do such amazing things. Her achievement challenges us all to reach for our own goals and dreams," said Tom Nelson, AARP chief operating officer in Washington.

[Journeyman]

I love this story that came out today. It just proves that if we don't continue to try new things, seek new adventures, learn more about life, and not to be afraid of what others will think, we can grow old very quickly.

This Kansas woman is an inspiration:

"Woman, 95, to be oldest college graduate"

By CARL MANNING, Associated Press Writer
Fri Apr 27, 4:02 AM ET

HAYS, Kan. - Sitting on the front row in her college classes carefully taking notes, Nola Ochs is just as likely to answer questions as to ask them. That's not the only thing distinguishing her from fellow students at Fort Hays State University. She's 95, and when she graduates May 12, she'll be what is believed to be the world's oldest person to be awarded a college degree.

She didn't plan it that way. She just loved to learn as a teenager on a Hodgeman County farm, then as a teacher at a one-room school after graduating from high school and later as a farm wife and mother.

"That yearning for study was still there. I came here with no thought of it being an unusual thing at all," she said. "It was something I wanted to do. It gave me a feeling of satisfaction. I like to study and learn."

The record Ochs will break, according to Guinness World Records, belongs to Mozelle Richardson, who at age 90 in 2004 received a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma.

"We should all be so lucky and do such amazing things. Her achievement challenges us all to reach for our own goals and dreams," said Tom Nelson, AARP chief operating officer in Washington.

[Rabid_Clam]

Procreation is the primary goal of any person in life. May not be a personal goal but is one of life for one to reprocude their species.

The second primary goal is to learn. When you stop learning, you stop living.

[Boreas]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Rabid_Clam:
Procreation is the primary goal of any person in life. May not be a personal goal but is one of life for one to reprocude their species.

The second primary goal is to learn. When you stop learning, you stop living. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

is that right? Procreation was not a goal of mine. I guess I am not "any person"

Please don't make such broad generalizations. I guess my point is that I fail to see how this homily relates to the story posted.

BTW, thanks for posting Journeyman. It is never too late to learn for sure. Perhaps I will be getting my PhD when I am 95.

[inthewind]

Wow. Glad I'm not "any person" either. I like being me.

[okieman]

Rabid, I liked your reply whether others did or not. (You were clear that procreation might not be a personal goal.)

People who cease to learn do in many ways cease to live.

Okieman

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Rabid_Clam:
Procreation is the primary goal of any person in life. May not be a personal goal but is one of life for one to reprocude their species.

The second primary goal is to learn. When you stop learning, you stop living. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[bk-yd-nude]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">"That yearning for study was still there. I came here with no thought of it being an unusual thing at all," she said. "It was something I wanted to do. It gave me a feeling of satisfaction. I like to study and learn." </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I believe that so long as we have a reason to live, we can perhaps extend our time. IMHO, the mind needs nourishment, just as our body does. So often I've seen people retire, then quickly seem to decide they are no longer contributing to society or performing a necessary duty, and they appear to lose the will to live.

An active mind, seeking knowledge appears to me an excellent way to keep the individual involved in the mechanics necessary for continued, quality oriented life.

[Boreas]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">An active mind, seeking knowledge appears to me an excellent way to keep the individual involved in the mechanics necessary for continued, quality oriented life. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Amen!

[nudeM]

It just goes to show that age offers no restrictions to those who search for their goals in life. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/smoking.gif

[nifocinphx]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Journeyman, April 27, 2007 06:27 AM:
I love this story that came out today. It just proves that if we don't continue to try new things, seek new adventures, learn more about life, and not to be afraid of what others will think, we can grow old very quickly.

This Kansas woman is an inspiration:

"Woman, 95, to be oldest college graduate" [snip] </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Kansan Becomes World’s Oldest Graduate
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>05/13/07-- On May 12th Kansas’ oldest college student became it’s oldest graduate. Saturday, 95-year Nola Ochs graduated with a degree in history Saturday from Fort Hays State. She walked across the stage with her granddaughter Alexandra Ochs who graduated with her...

Ochs plans to continue her education and work on a cruise ship as a storyteller.[/list] http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/applause.gif
http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/7485837.html