This new graduate celebrates with a post-university rhythm of passage, a year of gap, only at the age of 70.
At the age of 74, Dorotea Levy de Szekely, three grandmother and self -proclaimed learner of a lifetime, only graduated with a baccalaureate title of Hunter College, showing that it is never too late to hit the books or rewrite your story.
“My motto has always been,” Don’t let your age be your cage, “said Witty Upper East Sider to The Post, who walked to the 228th Hunter start at Barclays Center on Friday, along with more than 3,300 degrees.
Born and raised in Argentina, the elegant silver scholarship had a decades before putting the title.
After a cruel professor at the first degree told him that “he would never” end high school due to a learning disability, Levy de Szekely avoided college completely, despite unworthy love to learn and wish to pursue higher education.
“You always learn, and I worked on my life for this verdict,” he told The Post. “But every time I walked through a university, I felt this sadness and yearned inside, because he wanted to go and learn.
“Luckily, here in the Hunter College in New York City, this is the only place in the world I think he welcomed me, despite my age or who I am.”
His college comeback began in 2017, when he enrolled in the Borough of Manhattan Community College and won the associated title in 2019 with an impeccable GPA of 4.0 as the co-valetor of his class.
Then came Hunter, where he accumulated a GPA of 3.98 GPA, triple specializing in German language and literature, English (with concentration in creative writing) and study art, and made the BFF more than half their age.
One of them, a 20-year-old classmate named Babsi, is “ younger than my granddaughter, ” said Levy de Szekely, and yet they have become such close friends that Babsi came to cheer her up on graduation and even set a WhatsApp video call, so a classmate in Pakistan could also see.
“I thought this was very moving,” said a glazed szekely levy.
After the ceremony, which would also be attended by their proud children and grandchildren, the Bredy Besties planned to celebrate with burgers in Ues Hotspot, JG Melon.
Szekely Levy’s passion for people and prose shaped his university experience.
“For me, it is so important to look -in the eyes and know who you are,” he said. “Sometimes he finds himself as if he were restless or curious, but I always interest the human being sitting on me … Being less ignorant of the other person makes you more compassionate.
“I made great connections to Hunter because I am always asking everyone, you know,” Who are you, what motivates you, where are you from? “”
They were not only fellow students who struck: the teachers left their mark, especially those who helped foster their love for literature.
“I love creative writing and history … There are so many things,” he said, revealing the books and themes they devoured.
“How, we were reading Franz Kafka in German and studying the problems that arise when they translate into English or any other language,” he recalled. “It’s, I think, something very interesting.”
Their literary tastes are philosophical and are especially inspired by the Austrian author of the early twentieth century, Stefan Zweig.
“He said something that was left in my head, that the story decides for you,” Szekely’s Levy said to The Post, adding that Zweig’s deed resonates with her, as she shows that even the smallest options can shape the course of the story.
Now, instead of backpacks in Europe like many Gen Z Gen, Levy de Szekely takes a “gap year” in his own way, devouring books in his time.
Levy de Szekely, who speaks of four amazing languages: Spanish, English, German and “some French” – then plans to tutor the German Hunter department and prepare for a masters in English at Lehman College or Cunya Hunter.
“I would love to pursue a master’s degree in English,” he said, admitting: “I wish it was a creative writing, but it will be difficult.”
It is even found in fairy -tale rewriting, including a new “Little Riding Hood” dam that honors “powerful women”.
One thing is safe – it does not slow down.
Forget Sudoku, too, Szekely Levy says eternal curiosity and open mind are all you need to keep mental gear at any age.
“As I say, learning is a trip. It’s a vital journey. So you have to learn,” he explained with a touch of philosophy. “In life, you can’t live without learning, even if you don’t know you are learning.”
Or, as his father used to say, “The day I can no longer learn something, I’ll be dead.”
It is clear that this grandmother has just begun.
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