Now that’s a trend I would love to see taking place in India. I know many of my Emoha elders keep telling me that I want to learn this and try that and enjoy the engagement events at Emoha where they get to update and upgrade their knowledge. Imagine the diversity quotient in an ISB class of 2044 when Saumyajit Roy would love to rejoin academia and complete his childhood dream of getting his PhD much like his favourite Dadubhai Dr Rabindranath Ray, a famous scientist of his time in Calcutta. (I prefer calling the city so..!!) Lady Hislop should inspire everyone in their 40s to 100s and beyond that life is not what is over but what is remaining. “For a long time, it has been assumed that brain plasticity peaks at young age and then gradually decreases as one gets older. This is also underscored by the expression that one cannot teach an old dog new tricks, implying that people who have become used to doing things in a particular way will not easily abandon their habits and change their behavior. Interestingly, thanks to tremendous advances in medical imaging techniques for assessment of brain structure and function, mounting evidence for lifelong brain plasticity has been generated over the past years.” (Reference Aging and brain plasticity - Lisa Pauwels, Sima Chalavi, and Stephan P. Swinnencorresponding) What does that mean? It means as you age you can pick up new skills. Its just that the way you pick up these skills has to be different from how it was when you fit into a 26 inch belt size. Older adults need to have focused sessions with fewer learning outcomes with more focused context, and can reach same or more level of outcomes. Love this brave new world 🌍 coping to live with 1 in 5 going to become an elder. Are you listening 👂?
Yesterday, at the age of 105, Virginia “Ginger” Hislop graduated from Stanford University Graduate School of Education with her master’s degree. When she started on campus in 1936, her plan was to get her bachelor’s of education, which she did in 1940, and obtain her master’s of education so she could teach, which she started directly after. However, just after completing her coursework and before turning in her final thesis, her then-boyfriend George Hislop, ’41, a GSE student in Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), got called in to serve during World War II, prompting the pair to get married and Virginia Hislop to leave campus before graduating. Now – 83 years after leaving campus and living in service to learning – Virginia Hislop returned to Stanford to finish what she started and receive her graduate degree. When she rose from her seat at the ceremony, donned in cap and gown, to walk across the stage and receive her master’s hood, the applause roared. She was handed her diploma and smiled for the cameras. Her grandkids waved and cheered. “My goodness,” she said. “I’ve waited a long time for this.” 🗞️: https://lnkd.in/g_zMm3kb 📸: Charles Russo
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1moQuite amazing. What a resilience & passion! Great inspiration. Thanks Saumyajit Roy for the superb post.