JohnCenaFan28
02-23-2009, 05:57 PM
A 48-year-old woman has been admitted as a pupil to a junior school in China.
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Xie Zuojin, of Fengkou town, runs a pharmacy but said her illiteracy was making life difficult and losing her business.
Staff in the admissions office at the town's Second Elementary School were amazed when she turned up to register for lessons.
"We suggested she study at home and we provide her with teaching materials while occasionally dispatching a teacher to give private lessons, but she refused, insisting school was the best place for her to study," a teacher told Chutian Metropolis.
The school finally agreed to admit Xie as an adult student, and let her study with eight and nine-year-old students in a grade two class.
"My classmates are quite helpful. They teach me how to take notes and do maths," said Xie.
Xie is mainly taking Chinese and mathematics classes, as she also needs to take care of the family and help her husband with business.
She explained: "I want to do elementary things first, to learn how to write, then use computers, and English. Live and learn!"
-Nova
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Xie Zuojin, of Fengkou town, runs a pharmacy but said her illiteracy was making life difficult and losing her business.
Staff in the admissions office at the town's Second Elementary School were amazed when she turned up to register for lessons.
"We suggested she study at home and we provide her with teaching materials while occasionally dispatching a teacher to give private lessons, but she refused, insisting school was the best place for her to study," a teacher told Chutian Metropolis.
The school finally agreed to admit Xie as an adult student, and let her study with eight and nine-year-old students in a grade two class.
"My classmates are quite helpful. They teach me how to take notes and do maths," said Xie.
Xie is mainly taking Chinese and mathematics classes, as she also needs to take care of the family and help her husband with business.
She explained: "I want to do elementary things first, to learn how to write, then use computers, and English. Live and learn!"
-Nova