woman reaches lifelong goal of college degree at 84

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1、-WomanReachesLifelongGoalofCollegeDegreeat8484岁妇女实现大学毕业的人生目标Manypeople,someevenataveryyoungage,setthegoalofgraduatingfromcollege.OneAmericanwomaninTexaswaitedalongtimeforherchancetoreachthatgoal.很多人都设定了上大学的目标，有些人甚至是在还很年幼的时候。德克萨斯州的一位妇女就等待了很久才有机会实现这个目标。Thewomanis84-year-old

2、JanetFein.Lastweek,shereceivedherbachelor'sdegreefromtheUniversityofTexasatDallas.这位妇女就是84岁的珍妮特·费恩(JanetFein)。上周，她拿到了德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校的学士学位。Feinhashadafulllife.Shehasraisedfivechildrenandthenhadacareerasasecretaryuntilsheretiredatage77.Buteventhen,shewasnotreadytotakeiteasyandr

3、estduringawell-earnedretirement.费恩经历了丰富的人生。她养大了5个孩子，然后在77岁退休前一直担任秘书。但是即便如此，她也不准备在退休后就闲下来。"Ididn'thaveanythingtodoinretirementandIdidn'tthinkthatplayingbingowasuptomyspeed,"FeintoldtheAssociatedPress.Shesaidshedecidedtomajorinsociologybecauseshefeltitwas"substantial."费恩对美联

4、社表示：“退休后我无事可做，我认为玩宾果游戏跟不上我的速度。”她说自己决定主修社会学是因为她认为这是“非常有价值的。”FeingrewupintheBronxareaofNewYorkCity.Shesaidthatinhighschool,shejustwantedtofinishandgetajob.Aftergraduatingearly,attheageof16,shewenttoworkasasecretaryatadressmanufacturer.费恩在纽约市布朗克斯地区长大。她说高中时自己只想毕业找份工作。16岁早早毕业后

5、，她去了一家服装制造厂担任秘书。Aftergettingmarried,shespent18yearsstayinghomewithherchildren.Sheheldseveraljobsthroughoutherlife,including20yearsasasecretaryataDallashospital.Thatisthejobsheretiredfromin2012.Shealsoworkedfor20yearsonearninganassociatedegree,whichshereceivedin1995.结婚之后她在

6、家陪伴了孩子18年。她一生之中做过好几份工作，包括在达拉斯一家医院做了20年秘书，2012年她从这份工作上退休了。她曾攻读了20年的副学士学位，并在1995年拿到了这个学位。---ButFeintoldtheAPshealsowantedtoearnabachelor'sdegree"withallofmyheart."Evenwithallofherlifeexperiences,shesaidsheenjoyedreading,writingpapersandlearningnewthings."WitheachclassIalrea

7、dyknewalot,butthenIalsolearnedalot.Andthatmademehappy."但是费恩告诉美联社，即使有了这么丰富的人生经历，她还是非常想获得学士学位。她说她喜欢阅读、写文章和学习新事物。她说：“每节课我都已经懂得了很多，但是还是学到了很多，这让我非常高兴。”Feintookpartinastateprogramthatletspeoplewhoare65andoldertakefreeclassesatpublicuniversitiesinTexas.Stateofficialssayabout2,00

8、0peopleusedtheprogramlastyear.费恩参加了一项州级计划，允许65岁及以上老人到德克萨斯州的公立大学免费就读。州官员表示，去年大约有2000人参加了这项计划。Esti