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This new grade is celebrating with a rite after the pass college-a year-old gap-one she is doing it in the 1970s.

At 74 years old, Dorothy Levy of Szekely-Three lifelong students and self-proclaimed-Sapo graduated with a bachelorâ “

“My motto has always been,” will allow age to be your cage, “€” € “told the smart post of Upper East, walking at the start of the 228 Hunter” at the Barclays Center on Friday, Angside more than 3,300 degrees.

Born and raised in Argentina, the elegant silver researcher had a long way in decades before grabbing her rank.

After a cruel first -grade teacher told her that she does not finish high school due to a learning incompetence, Szekely’s tax completely avoided the college, despite an unwavering love to learn and a desire to pursue higher education.

“You always learn, and I worked my life towards that judgment,” she told her the post. â € œ but whenever I walked to a university, I felt this sadness and desire inside, as I wanted to go there and learn.

â € œfally, here at the Hunter College in New York City, this is the only place in the world that I think it received me, regardless of my age or who am I.â €

Her return to college began in 2017, when she enrolled in the Borough of Manhattan Community College and won her associate scale in 2019 with a perfect 4.0 GPA as co-evaluative of her class.

Then came Hunter, where she gathered a 3.98 GPA, triple graduated in German language and literature, English (with a focus on creative writing), and in the studio Art – and made BFF more than half of her age.

One of them, a 20-year-old friend named Babsi, is â € œyouner than my granddaughter, “Levy from Szekely noted-yet, they became very close friends Babsi came to enjoy in the class grade in Pakistan could also see.

“I thought this was very on the go,” a satisfied tax on Szekely said.â

Following the ceremony, which would also participate in her proud children and grandchildren, Besties Brainy planned to celebrate with burghers at Us Hotspot, JG Melon.â

Levy of Szekely’s passion for people – and prose – formed her experience in college.

“For me, it is so important to see you in the eyes and know who you are,” she explained. “

â € œ I made great links to Hunter because I am almost asking them, you know, â € who are you, what motivates you, where are you from?

There were only other students who made an influence – the professors left their sign, especially those who helped feed her love for literature.

“I want creative writing and history … There are so many things,” she said, revealing the books and threads of the brain she devoured.

â € œ like, we were reading Franz Kafka in German and studying the problems that arise when translating it into English or any other language, “she recalled.”

Its weak philosophical literary tastes and are particularly inspired by the early author of the 20th century Stefan Zweig.

“He said something that struck me in my mind – that story decides to you,” Levy of Szekely said The post, adding that Zweigâ ‘s writing resonates with him as he proves that even the smallest elections can form the course of history.

Now, instead of her back across Europe like many ranks of General Z, Szekely’s tax is taking a year “on her way” devouring books in her time.

Levy of Szekely, who speaks a four stunning language – Spanish, English, German and “Some French” – later plans to learn in the German Hunterâ department and prepare for a master’s degree in Cuny’s Lehman College or Hunter.

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It even begging in fabulous rewrites – including a fresh take on € œlittle Red Riding Hoodâ that honors “women with power”.

One thing for sure: it is not slowing down.

Forget Sudoku, too – Levy from Szekely says eternal curiosity and an open mind are all you need to keep mental gears to return to any age.

“As I say, learning is a journey. It’s a life trip. So you have to learn,” she explained with a hint of philosophy.

Or, as her father used to say: â € day the day I can no longer learn something, I will be dead.â €

Clearly, this brilliant -just just started.