“Bakit daw ako mag-eenrol, eh matanda na ako. Kaya ayaw niya. Pero hindi ako nagpa-pigil sa kanya. Tapos 'yun, nalaman din niya pero wala na siyang nagawa. Tumawa na lang siya (My husband asked me why do I have to enroll? He said ‘I am old.’ He didn’t want me to study. But that didn’t stop me. I enrolled and eventually he knew about it. He just laughed),” Nanay Elena said.
Another issue was that Nanay Elena and her husband, together with their five children and 15 grandchildren, have been living in a shanty in Barangay Catagbacan, a remote village in San Andres, this province, since their house was destroyed by super typhoon Rolly last November.
But Nanay Elena’s burning desire to pursue her dream eventually prevailed after she finished Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Marketing Management at the Catanduanes Colleges recently.
This story is from the July 12, 2021 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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