Chinanews.com, Hangzhou, September 29th, question: Mother Zhejiang University is studying Bo to become her son's "school girl": it's never too late to start when you have a dream

　　Reporter Tong Xiaoyu

　　When you are over half a hundred years old, are you pursuing your dreams and giving up your career to study for further study?

Or do it step by step and work until retirement?

Chen Lan, a nurse at Jinhua Central Hospital in Zhejiang Province, chose the former.

　　Recently, Chen Lan said goodbye to the hospital where she had worked for 29 years, and was admitted to the Zhejiang University School of Medicine, a 2022 full-time doctoral student in nursing.

It is reported that his son was admitted to Zhejiang University (hereinafter referred to as "Zhejiang University") last year, majoring in tea science.

　　In the news comment area, many netizens have left messages such as "it's never too late to have a dream" and "so inspirational".

　　Looking at Chen Lan's resume, it is indeed inspirational enough.

After graduating from secondary school, she started to work. Through studying, she obtained undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and this time she was admitted to a full-time doctoral student.

This is her dream of further study in nearly thirty years.

　　In fact, Chen Lan's story is not an exception.

In recent years, more and more people have entered the "hot search" in pursuit of their dreams.

Provided by Chen Lan in the study of the public channel of Jinhua TV

　　Among them, there is Lu Jiangrong, a 51-year-old "postgraduate mother"; Li Xianjun, a 985 college graduate who went to college after 4 years to pursue his dream of Chinese medicine; and Su Min, who drives around China just to be his own mother.

　　Although they are of different ages and backgrounds, they also have a young heart and the courage to pursue their dreams.

　　In life, more and more people choose to compromise and give up their dreams because of reality.

　　The older you get, the more difficult it is to put into action, and dreams become unreachable in the daily frustration.

　　The French thinker Rousseau once mentioned in "The Social Contract": People are born free, but everywhere they are in chains.

In fact, it is yourself who puts the yoke on others.

　　Of course, chasing dreams is not always easy.

It may take more effort, you will face countless failures, and even in the eyes of many people, the dreams you are chasing are not necessarily "useful".

But no one can make decisions for you, and no one can feel the joy you get in chasing your dreams.

　　Just like Chen Lan, I believe that even if she does not become a full-time doctoral student at Zhejiang University, she will receive applause.

For her, the fundamental meaning of learning lies in self-improvement and self-cultivation.

　　Someone once asked the question on the Internet: Is it too late to start learning a new skill at the age of 30?

As the saying goes: The best time to plant a tree is ten years ago, followed by now.

　　Don't easily set limits for yourself, it's never too late to set off when you have a dream.

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