Stay a kid at heart!
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Priscilla Sitienei plays singing games with her classmates. (Reuters/Monicah Mwangi) -
Mrs. Sitienei is in grade six. She sits with her classmates. (Reuters/Monicah Mwangi) -
This school is in another part of Kenya. (Gideon Maundu/AP) -
Joseph Stephen Kimani Nganga Maruge was another older person who went back to school in Kenya. He wanted to learn to read the Bible. (AP) -
Schoolchildren play in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP/Brian Inganga)
Priscilla Sitienei (Si-tee-en-a) wanted to go to school. She was 90. Did that stop her? No!
Mrs. Sitienei is now 98. She is good at math! The kids call her “Gogo.” Gogo means grandma.
Pray you will want to learn all your life. The world is full of wonders to study!
Read More: The leaders of Kenya in Africa gave money to schools in 2003. Old people who hadn’t finished school could go back to the classroom! Mrs. Sitienei wants to be a doctor. Her teacher says she has the best handwriting in her class. Mrs. Sitienei loves school. She helps the children want to learn. She also likes jumping around outside to exercise with her classmates. She says, “It is my joy.” The Bible teaches, “Let the wise hear and increase in learning.” (Proverbs 1:5)
