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Farmer granted chance to study alongside sons
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-09-02 09:31

Chen Rongli, a 39-year-old farmer from Changjiang, Hainan province, has, after seven years' of hard study, been enrolled at the Hainan Agricultural School, where he will study alongside his two sons.

Chen's poverty-stricken background forced him to drop out of elementary school, but he swore to return to the classroom. Firmly believing that knowledge can change a person's future, Chen went back to school in 2001.

Although Chen failed the college entrance examination in June, the headmaster of Hainan Agricultural School Lu Hongzhuan decided that Chen had earned the chance to study agriculture there.

Upon graduating Chen intends to use his knowledge to build and run his own farm.

(Nanguo Metropolis Daily)