A 78-year-old Bulgarian man started off the new school
year on Thursday like hundreds of children a fraction of his age
... in first grade.
Apostol Stoyanov from the central village of Popovtsi never got
a chance to attend school when he was a kid and decided to enroll
in first grade this year, at the age of 78, the state BTA news
agency reported citing school officials.
The elderly man, who attended the start of classes Thursday in
Gabrovo alongside another 430 first graders, told the agency that
he was illiterate but had already started practicing to write
letters.
Maths scared him but he expected teachers to help him.
Stoyanov, who lives alone and barely makes ends meet, will not
attend regular classes but will be a private student at the school,
BTA said.
