85-year-old Kenyan: "Liberty is going to school and learning"

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Kenya's OAP pupil lobbies the UN
from BBC web site

"Kenya's oldest school pupil, Kimani Nganga Maruge, is in New York to address the United Nations on the importance of free primary education.

"The 85-year-old is urging help for some 115 million children denied education because of poverty. 'To me, Liberty is going to school and learning,' he said.

"The great-grandfather holds the Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to start school.

"He began in 2004 after the government introduced free primary schooling.

"'You are never too old to learn,' he said."

more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4244520.stm



Yes, all you Libertarians and religious-private-school-voucher idiots, free public education.