Elderly as noisy square dancers is a stereotype

ON SUNDAY, the Xiaoyuan branch of Guangzhou University for the Elderly launched an online enrollment system for senior citizens. The number of applicants reached the limit of 5,000 within one hour. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

It is common misperception that senior citizens are fond of square dancing, which has created conflicts with other residents who complain that when they gather to dance in public places they make too much noise and a nuisance. But the number that rushed to apply to study at Guangzhou University for the Elderly challenges that impression.

So a question arises: Which activity do senior citizens prefer, studying or square dancing?