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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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美国女子失忆23年重获学位

        据美国《华盛顿邮报》报道，上周五，45岁的家庭主妇休·梅克从马里兰州盖塞斯堡的蒙哥马利县社区学院毕业，获得音乐专业学士学位。这其实是她第二次走出这类高等学府的校门，在她的记忆中却是头一回。

       1988年2月，一台吊扇砸中她的头部，抹去了她几乎所有的记忆。一周后，她在医院醒来，心智回到孩童状态，不认识丈夫和两个儿子，只能勉强说话，不能写字、阅读、走路、吃饭、穿衣或开车。

       她逐渐记住了自己孩子的学习时间表，开始在本杰明学校的图书馆做义工，顺便读书、学习。2007年，她“第一次”走进教室。

       休和丈夫正打算搬到马萨诸塞州，她转学到史密斯学院攻取学士学位。

(China.org.cn May 25, 2011)