Never too old to learn….
So just the other day, I was sitting in the Campus Chat studying for a test that I had later that day when something grabbed my attention! It wasn’t the students walking by or the song playing on the guy’s ipod next to me; it was a couple that were sitting just a table over from me.
The reason why it caught my attention was that this man and woman both had to be in their late 60′s early 70′s. They were both reading from textbooks. The lady was reading out of a European text book, but I wasn’t angled correctly to see what the man was studying. They were both drinking coffeee and you could truly tell that they were enjoying each other’s company by just sitting at the same table. For the 45 minutes that I sat there and tried to study and get some formulas for my Econmics of Discrimination test under my belt; they just sat there content in their studies.
The whole time, maybe a few sentences were spoken between them and a few smiling glances were exchanged between the two. But it really made me realize a few things. I don’t know the couple’s circumstances. Maybe they were just continuing their education or maybe they were taking courses for the first time. But I realized how lucky I am to be just 22 and almost done with college, receiving such a great education.
I also realized the reality of the old saying, “You learn something new everyday!” And the couple that I observed just for that short period of time truly showed that no one is ever too old to learn!
