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In a classroom in rural Kenya's Rift Valley, a student takes notes alongside her fellow classmates.
在肯尼亚裂谷村的一间教室里，一名学生和她的同学们一起记笔记。
She wears the same school uniform--a grey skirt and a green sweater.
她穿着同样的校服——一条灰色的裙子和一件绿色的毛衣。
However, there is one difference.
然而，有一个不同之处。
Priscilla Sitienei is more than 80 years older than them.
普里西拉·西缇内比他们年长80多岁。
Sitienei turned 99-years-old on February 11.
2月11日，西缇内年满99岁。
She said she went back to class to set a good example for her great grandchildren.
她说她回去上课是为了给她的曾孙们树立一个好榜样。
She also wants a new career.
她也想要一份新的职业。
"I would like to become a doctor because I used to be a midwife," she told Reuters.
她告诉路透社：“我想成为一名医生，因为我曾经是一名助产士。”
She added that her children were supportive of her decision.
她补充说，她的孩子们支持她的决定。
Back in 2003, the government of the East African country began helping to pay for the cost of primary schooling.
早在2003年，这个东非国家的政府就开始帮助支付小学教育的费用。
This has allowed some older members of society, who had missed out on education in their younger days, to go back to school.
这使一些在年轻时错过教育机会的年长的社会成员得以重返校园。
This has given Sitienei more than an education.
这不仅仅给了西缇内受教育的机会。
She has also become a film star.
她还成为了一名电影明星。
Sitienei travelled to Paris last year for the launch of a film about her journey.
西缇内去年去巴黎参加了一部有关她的历程的电影的首映式。
It is titled Gogo, which means grandmother in her native Kalenjin language.
电影名字叫Gogo，在她的母语卡伦金语中是祖母的意思。
She will also be heading to New York City soon for a showing of the film there.
不久她还将前往纽约，在那里放映这部电影。
Sitienei is in her sixth year of primary school.
西缇内在读小学六年级。
She says her aims were far more practical than becoming a movie star.
她说，她的目标比成为一名电影明星要实际得多。
She said she had the idea when her great granddaughter dropped out of school after getting pregnant.
她说，当她的曾孙女在怀孕后辍学时，她有了这个想法。
Sitienei said she jokingly asked her great granddaughter if she had money remaining on her school fee, and she said yes.
西缇内说，她开玩笑地问她的曾孙女，她的学费还有没有剩余，她说有。
So, Sitienei told her that she would use it to attend school.
所以，西缇内告诉她，她会用它去上学。
She said she had hoped that her great granddaughter would continue with her studies.
她说，她曾希望她的曾孙女能继续她的学业。
But when she refused, Sitienei decided to go to school herself.
但当她拒绝后，西缇内决定自己去上学。
She said she also enjoys other school activities, including physical education classes.
她说，她还喜欢学校的其他活动，包括体育课。
"It keeps me fit," she said.
她说：“它让我保持健康”。
"I get to jump around, even though not as much as they…do, but I at least move my body. That is my joy."
“我可以跳来跳去，虽然不如他们跳得多……，但我至少可以移动我的身体。这是我的快乐。”
Sitienei shares her wide experience and knowledge with the children.
西缇内与孩子们分享了她丰富的经历和知识。
Her teachers also use her experience to keep the peace during lessons.
她的老师也利用她的经历来维持课堂安静。
Her class teacher, Leonida Talaam, said she uses Sitienei to help control the class. And it works!
她的班主任莱奥尼达·塔拉姆说，她利用西缇内来帮助控制班级。它起作用了！
"When I go outside," the teacher said, "the class remains silent."
“当我走出教室时，”该老师说，“全班同学都保持安静。”
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