By Barry Rueger
Published: Business Insider
May 28, 2025
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After 25 years as a successful piano teacher, my wife, Susan, decided to go back to school for a master’s degree in music theory — at 79 years old.
When I married Susan eight years ago, I knew she was a gifted teacher, one who puts in the hours needed to do her best and who genuinely cares about every student.
But then last year, Susan started to explore ways she could learn more about music and how she wanted to return home to the UK from Canada.
Almost on a lark, she applied to the oldest university in the English-speaking world: Oxford. In March, word came back that Susan had been accepted at the university that most British students dream of attending.
We couldn’t be more excited, but her 80th birthday is fast approaching, and the road ahead is not easy.
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