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A community college commencement is, for many, a celebration of second chances. Consider Su Meck. The 45-year-old homemaker from Gaithersburg graduated last Friday from Montgomery College with an associate degree in music, the Washington Post reports.

In February 1988, a ceiling fan fell on Meck's head. The blow erased her memory, and she awoke after a week in a coma with the mental capacity of a young child. She no longer knew her husband or her two baby sons. She barely spoke and could not read or write, walk or eat, dress or drive.

She learned her times tables from her children and volunteered at the school library so she could hide in the stacks and read. In 2007, Su walked into a classroom as if for the first time.

Su and her husband are planning a move to Massachusetts, where she will enroll at Smith College in the fall as a transfer student seeking a bachelor's degree.

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美國女子失憶23年重獲學位

??????? 據美國《華盛頓郵報》報道，上周五，45歲的家庭主婦休·梅克從馬里蘭州蓋塞斯堡的蒙哥馬利縣社區學院畢業，獲得音樂專業學士學位。這其實是她第二次走出這類高等學府的校門，在她的記憶中卻是頭一回。

???????1988年2月，一臺吊扇砸中她的頭部，抹去了她幾乎所有的記憶。一周后，她在醫院醒來，心智回到孩童狀態，不認識丈夫和兩個兒子，只能勉強說話，不能寫字、閱讀、走路、吃飯、穿衣或開車。

???????她逐漸記住了自己孩子的學習時間表，開始在本杰明學校的圖書館做義工，順便讀書、學習。2007年，她“第一次”走進教室。

???????休和丈夫正打算搬到馬薩諸塞州，她轉學到史密斯學院攻取學士學位。

(China.org.cn May 25, 2011)