A fantastic-grandmother who passed her GCSE English language exam aged 74 has mentioned you’re never too outdated to be taught new issues.
Anne Blowers, of Nacton close to Ipswich, Suffolk labored within the household enterprise – a lorry park restaurant and bar – earlier than it was bought in 2016 and he or she retired in 2018.
The widow mentioned she determined to return to work after spending time at house alone via lockdowns.
She obtained a job as a studying help practitioner at Suffolk New School in Ipswich, and determined to refresh her {qualifications}, having sat her O-levels in 1965.
I completely beloved it as a result of I’m a inventive individual
Anne Blowers
“There’s no report of them, however primarily educating strategies and the curriculum have modified a lot that if I’m supporting within the classroom I must have these abilities,” she mentioned.
She has now achieved a grade eight in her English language GCSE.
“I completely beloved it as a result of I’m a inventive individual,” mentioned Ms Blowers, who has 5 youngsters, 4 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
“I do write a bit of bit.
“I’ve not had something ever printed however that may change, who is aware of?
“I beloved the creativity, beloved with the ability to specific your self and I beloved getting that out to the scholars I help too.
“It’s nice to see them be perceptive and suppose outdoors the field.”
She mentioned that alongside work on the lorry park restaurant, she had labored in training “on and off since I used to be 18” together with for 25 years as a lab technician.
“After being locked down and in the home alone I actually wanted to get again to work,” mentioned Mrs Blowers, who was widowed in 2014.
“I’ve abilities and I do take pleasure in working with younger individuals notably, I actually do.
“After we had the lorry park I employed a number of younger individuals and it was nice to see them blossom and transfer on to different issues.”
She mentioned she had been one last venture away from attaining a grasp’s diploma in artwork and design however “life obtained in the way in which” once they opened the household enterprise and he or she “pitched in to assist”.
Mrs Blowers is hoping to return to this and full a grasp’s diploma.
Requested what recommendation she would give to potential mature college students, she mentioned: “Go for it! The programs are actually tailor-made to assist older individuals as nicely.
“I used to be the oldest individual within the school to get my English, however not the oldest one within the nation, I perceive.
“Anyone of their 80s obtained GCSEs this yr.
“It’s never too outdated.
“Day-after-day’s a faculty day and we’re at all times studying.”
She joked that certainly one of her “go to phrases” in her position supporting younger college students on the school was ‘do you need to nonetheless be doing it while you’re my age?’”
Mrs Blowers additionally passed her degree two purposeful abilities exam, which she described as like a degree 4 GCSE cross in maths, earlier this yr.
