Aimeé
11.
Not skateboarding but –
Had stroke in 2006 that still affects me. Last year at 51 I started adult gymnastics with no previous gymnastics experience. 20 years older than the next oldest student. Overweight and unfit.
Did my first unassisted forward somersault last Dec
— Old, but Pretty™ (@DannyDangerOz) September 5, 2020
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Went back to uni at 57 and graduated with honours degree in social work at 60. I’ve been practicing in mental health for eleven years. Now 71 and never more rewarded.
— John Rynderman (@Ryndie2) September 6, 2020
13.
Max Eisen wrote his first book in his late 80s. I defended it for Canada Reads. It won ✨ and Max’s book has become a bestseller & now at 91 he’s being made into a hologram by Stephen Spielberg.
— (@ziyatong) September 5, 2020
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My dad receiving his PhD aged 66. Yay! Go dad! pic.twitter.com/C21eqFPtON
— Kirsty (@DuckyMacDuck) September 6, 2020
15.
Rebuilt my life after losing both of my sons, Now 74 and about to publish my first book – a memoir, ‘Am I Still a Mother?’
— Helen Bouchami (@HelenBouchami) September 5, 2020
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Meet Patricia, the 91-year-old MA Shakespeare & Contemporary Performance graduate who watched 37 performances at @The_Globe for her dissertation (once watching three in one day!) #inspired https://t.co/l0w5iwfbrr https://t.co/aoTzlbS8O9 pic.twitter.com/BxzskvW8gS
— Birkbeck, University of London (@BirkbeckUoL) September 7, 2020
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I got my PhD at 50 something after failing at school and working in factories and building sites. I was the first in my working class family to go to university.
— Dr Rob Burton (@Trebornotrub) September 5, 2020
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My mother-in-law went to law school at 78. Took the NY Bar. Failed. Studied harder and took it again. Brought a suitcase of law books to check the results, ready to start studying to take the Bar a 3rd time if necessary. But she’d passed. She became a litigator at the age of 80.
— Kris Lefcoe (@KrisLefcoe) September 6, 2020
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I began as a pianist & teacher at 14, then became a graphic designer. I came to the US & at 48 went back to university to study French literature, Arabic & World Cultures & was a translator. I finally could escape an abusive marriage. Now I’m a writer & painter, my life’s dream!
— Susan Butler (@OuiSuzette) September 6, 2020
20.
I’m in the upper 40’s, finally writing scripts for money and attention sometimes. Started lifting weights a year ago and I’m stronger than I’ve ever been and like myself more. That’s the gift.
— Arcadia Conrad (@ArcadiaConrad) September 5, 2020
