96-Year-Old Grad Student: All-Nighters Work!

Posted by Queuebot in Book & Lit on June 12, 2009 at 12:29 pm


A 96-year-old Taiwanese man finished a master’s degree program in Philosophy after being told "he was too old to continue as a volunteer at a local hospital." Known as "Grandpa Chao", this old man was able to compete with younger
students by pulling all-nighters before exams.

“I was bored after I left the hospital,” Chao said Thursday. “I don’t play mahjong or have other hobbies. I felt I had to do something with my life.”

Chao said the most difficult part of his studies was coping with a poor memory.

“I can’t remember things as well as my fellow students,” he said. “So before a test I would wake up at midnight and study all night. That way, the material was still fresh in my mind when the test began.”

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8 comments to "96-Year-Old Grad Student: All-Nighters Work!"

  1. Gail Pink
    June 12th, 2009 at 2:15 pm

    Good for him!

  2. Oomi
    June 12th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    "Now if a 96 year old man could.."

    Still means a 96 year old man is better than I am.

    T______T

  3. Robolasse
    June 13th, 2009 at 1:17 am

    He is probably a Kung-Fu master too.

  4. Kalel
    June 13th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    I'd love to see a scientific study of why some people have 'drive', and others do not.

  5. Him
    June 13th, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    This is intriguing.

  6. Jen22222222
    June 14th, 2009 at 9:54 am

    Awesome! You go, dude.

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    June 14th, 2009 at 10:35 pm

    Great perseverance! It's sad the local hospital actually saw him as too old to even be a volunteer. To be able to still pull all-nighters shows he's actually still quite fit.

  8. marieissah
    June 15th, 2009 at 8:02 am

    Congratulations Grandpa Chao!


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