Don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't do something because of your age or gender

[The Genealogist]

I knew a lady who went back to work teaching after her sons were in high school. She was 41.

A few years later, to keep teaching, she went back to school and finished her bachelors degree. She was 46.

Not content to stop there, she decided she wanted an MS, and earned one. She was 50 at the time.

If you think this was enough for her, you'd be wrong. She went on to earn a PhD. She had turned 57 that year.

When she retired, she was a locally well-respected educator, and served as a high school guidance counselor.

She encouraged many teen-aged young women to strive for higher education and to work hard for the careers they wanted.

She showed strength and character in all that she did.

This lady was my grandmother.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. You got a smart and wise grandmother!! nt

[Major Nikon]

2. They said I couldn't be a wet nurse

[Volaris]

8. Lol I appreciate that as a man who's going to attempt to land a bartending job

In the surbaban Midwest heh...
Most of the places I'd make any money, I'd have to dress in drag (and be good at it) to make any money, let alone get hired in the first place.. damn reverse sexism hahahaha...

[Honeycombe8]

3. Great story. nt

[stopwastingmymoney]

4. Allow me to add my 'hear hear' to your message

My Grandma was a teacher too, she earned her bachelors degree while her own children were in high school and college. She taught us that we could do anything with determination and hard work. She didn't live to see it but I know she'd be most proud that every one of her grandchildren are college graduates. I miss her still and always...

[Mr.Bill]

5. Mostly I get told I can't do things because

I can't afford to.

[lavenderdiva]

6. Congratulations to your Grandmother!

I have 2 bachelor of science degrees obtained in my 20's. 40 years later, I decided to finally go after the degree I had wanted my whole life: a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design. I graduated last June, top of my class, with straight A's, at age 59, while working full time at my job. If you really want it, you have to work for it, but it can be done.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Your grandmother was awesome - you're never too old!

I know a guy who got a Ph.D. when he was 80.

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. Sounds like my mom

She had it all planned out. She went back to college when my youngest brother started 1st grade. My dad didn't approve, but she did it anyway. She was 35. She saw us off to school every morning and was home before us every afternoon. It took her 5 years, but she got her BS in Elementary Education when she was 40. She got her first teaching job when I was a senior in high school. She found that she really liked teaching math, so she started going to grad school in Math Education during the summer and got her MS when she was 48. She end up teaching elementary school for 7 years, middle school match for 7 years and high school algebra for 7 years. She was diagnosed with breast cancer 4 months after she retired. I sure do miss her.

[Staph]

10. My aunt Cleata dropped out of high school and got married at 15.

She married four times (the first and last husbands were the same man!), and had three kids.

At age 90, she decided to get her GED. And then went on to finish a semester of college before her health limited her attendance. But she was doing crosswords puzzles on her deathbed at 95.

I want to grow up to be Aunt Cleata! Little old ladies are awesome!

[CaptainTruth]

11. You ... have ... floored ... me. Great for her!!!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Age 41, 46, 50, 57. Why do you keep writing about kids?

She was a good kid, your grandmother.

[IronLionZion]

13. and race, my grandmother had all 3

and still managed to become a doctor in the 1960s. Female doctors were rare in the US back then but quite common in "shithole countries" where female patients preferred female doctors.

I thank God that I was born into such a family that values education and has the means to pay for it. Also why I donate to scholarship funds.

[a la izquierda]

14. This has inspired me.

I’m a 41 year old burned out professor thinking of writing a novel.
The financial hit scares me, but I know I can do it.
Kudos to your grandma!

[dem in texas]

15. I am 79 and attending college

I took all the hard stuff, (accounting, finance, programming) years ago. I decided to get my degree as a lesson for my grandkids and great-grands. I needed 30 hours to get a Bachelor's, already met my 45 hour core. I have 12 hours of the 30 under my belt, so 18 hours to go. Hope to graduate in 2020. Taking dull stuff like history and science. I will need another math class, that I will like as I love math. Only thing that I don't like is getting in the groove to do homework again!