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“Learning does not stop with age.”
My grandmother was timid at home and school When she was young, she wanted to study
when she was young. She played ‘Five Stones’ at medicine but could not continue due to financial
a young age. She used to live in a village in India. problems.
Life in India was tough. She had to go to the So, she discontinued her studies at the secondary
nearby well to get water. She used a pail and a level. Later, she learnt English and Malay after
rope to fetch the water from the well and helped her coming to Singapore.
mother cook and bring food to the people working
in the paddy fields. Senthilkumaran Vidhya Jainatesh
Primary 5.3
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