After the reform of the college entrance examinations, there turned out a interesting phenomenon, many old people who was in their 60s, or even 70s took part in the examinations. They wanted to get into the universities and learn something.
This may be ridiculous in many college students eyes. Many of them think they have spent 16 years or even more time learning in schools and they have had enough. They think further education will not benefit their future work any more. So most of them have no order to learn any more and choose to work immediately after their graduation. And they view those old people who wanted to enroll into the college after their retirement as somebody who have mental problems. They won't work any more. What are they learning for?
But, actually, many of them find they were wrong after they have worked for several years. Some of them get promoted after several years hard working and their working scale expanded. They will have to refer to this fields that them have learned about in the college so that they are not familiar with them and hard to cope with. At this time they will have the strong desire to come back to college and learn more. That's why many middle-age people want to go back to college to study for their Master's or even doctor's degree. But most of them can't because of this heavy burdened work.
And after retirement, many people will find their life is dull. They find they are out of date. So many of them want to go back to college for further education. Only by learning something could they renew themselves. Only by learning something could they keep up with the steps of the time.
So we can see education is a lifelong process. It's not only for young people.
