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Google Honors The Oldest Student Ever -KIMANI MARUGE, With A Doodle by liveyourlife: 8:24pm On Jan 12, 2015 |
GOOGLE HONORS THE LATE KIMANI MARUGE WITH A DOODLE Today, 11 years ago, Kimani Maruge stepped into a classroom for the first time at age 84, and Google is commemorating the historic day with its homepage doodle of January 12, 2015. On January 12, 2004, Maruge enrolled in the first grade class at Kapkenduiywo Primary School in Eldoret, Kenya, making him the oldest person in the world to start primary education; a feat which was officially documented in the Guinness Book of World Records four months after. Maruge’s enrolment was motivated by the Free Primary Education introduced by the Mwai Kibaki administration in 2003, reports Allfrica.com, but what really began his journey was his uncertainty about his Christian beliefs and desire to smarten up his arithmetic acumen. “People have been telling me things in the Bible, which I do not know if they are true,” Maruge said in 2004. “I want to read the Holy Book for myself and find out.” In a report on globalaging.com , Maruge said he believed he had been cheated for a long time about his earnings and he wanted to calculate his money. Kimani Maruge died on August 14, 2009 having achieved what he called his lifelong dreams. He didn’t mind picking a world record along the way, and even 11 years later, a space on every PC screen worldwide. The Google Doodle is an occasional stylization of the Google logo on its homepage to celebrate holidays, events, achievements and people. Source: http://techcabal.com/2015/01/12/google-honors-late-kimani-maruge-doodle/ Close with this: If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. -Chinese Proverb Improve your Education and that of others - Join us. Get on [url=http://][/url] |
Re: Google Honors The Oldest Student Ever -KIMANI MARUGE, With A Doodle by Nobody: 8:53pm On Jan 12, 2015 |
Yeah... I got to know about maruge from the movie, the first grader. . . talk about overcoming challenges. |
Re: Google Honors The Oldest Student Ever -KIMANI MARUGE, With A Doodle by OKUCHI11(m): 9:43pm On Jan 12, 2015 |
yeah The first Grader .... They told him to go and rest in peace replied .... I AM NOT DEAD |
Re: Google Honors The Oldest Student Ever -KIMANI MARUGE, With A Doodle by 100Cents: 9:51pm On Jan 12, 2015 |
Chai, so he died in Primary 5 ? May his soul RIP. Amen. |
Re: Google Honors The Oldest Student Ever -KIMANI MARUGE, With A Doodle by SeverusSnape(m): 11:16pm On Jan 12, 2015 |
He must have been very passionate about education. |
Re: Google Honors The Oldest Student Ever -KIMANI MARUGE, With A Doodle by Abbey2sam(m): 11:22pm On Jan 12, 2015 |
I've watched the film made in his honour also |
Re: Google Honors The Oldest Student Ever -KIMANI MARUGE, With A Doodle by heroarams(m): 11:55pm On Jan 12, 2015 |
This is news to me |
Re: Google Honors The Oldest Student Ever -KIMANI MARUGE, With A Doodle by Jamaticulus(m): 12:17am On Jan 13, 2015 |
Wow...nyc one! |
Re: Google Honors The Oldest Student Ever -KIMANI MARUGE, With A Doodle by optimiza: 8:00am On Jan 13, 2015 |
Yes even when the mistress told him * its not for you* ...maruge replied, I heard it myself over the radio. They said its for EVERYBODY. Indeed education is for everybody |
Re: Google Honors The Oldest Student Ever -KIMANI MARUGE, With A Doodle by hahn(m): 8:14am On Jan 13, 2015 |
optimiza: Lovely |
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