> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodnewsdailytv.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # At 64, He Went Back to School — Right Beside His Son - URL: https://goodnewsdailytv.com/2026-08-16-at-64-he-went-back-to-school-right-beside-his-son/ - Published: 2026-08-16T15:02:11.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-16T15:02:10.000Z - Description: John Adesoye immigrated to the UK from Nigeria by way of Greece, took a job as a hospital healthcare assistant at 51, and spent the next 13 years working toward something bigger. This July, at 64, he graduated as a registered nurse from the University of the West of England — attending cla - Author: Good News Daily - Tags: Inspirational Profile ✓ Verified · cross-checked against 2 independent sources At sixty-four years old, John Adesoye put on a cap and gown for his university graduation — a moment thirteen years in the making, that started with him quietly taking a job as a hospital assistant and ended with him walking the very same halls as his own son. This wasn't a family with an easy path to two degrees in one household. This was a father working full shifts in a hospital, squeezing his coursework into one day a week, at an age when most people are told that ship has sailed. John didn't listen. John grew up in a farming family in Nigeria, and as a kid, he was endlessly curious about how things worked — especially the family radio. That curiosity turned into a career. He moved to Greece and spent years as an electronics technician, fixing broken equipment for a living, before eventually settling in the UK. In 2013, he made a decision that would quietly change the rest of his life: he took a job as a healthcare assistant at Southmead Hospital in Bristol. He wasn't a nurse yet. But he was in the building, and he was paying attention. From there, John set his sights on something bigger. He enrolled in a two-year nursing associate program, and when he finished that, he didn't stop — he kept going straight into a two-year nurse degree apprenticeship. That's four years of full-time hospital shifts stacked on top of coursework, exams, and clinical rotations, in departments ranging from the emergency room to cardiology to intensive care. One day a week, he'd trade his scrubs for a seat in a lecture hall at the University of the West of England — and on that same campus, studying creative music technology, was his son Daniel. A father and son, on the same quad, chasing two very different degrees, at the very same time. John later said being surrounded by younger classmates made him feel young again. He didn't say whether running into his own son on campus had quite the same effect — but you have to imagine it did. This July, that four-year climb ended exactly where it should: at his graduation ceremony, degree in hand, nursing career official. And John didn't have to go looking for a job — he walked straight back into Southmead Hospital, the same building where he started as a healthcare assistant thirteen years earlier, now as a fully registered nurse. His course leads, Jacqui Caskey and Caroline Bromwich, called him "very dedicated" and said he's proof that hard work and perseverance really can get you to the finish line. And John's not even finished — he says he hasn't ruled out going back for a master's degree. Here's why this one sticks with us. We talk a lot on this channel about turning points — the one decision that changes everything. John's turning point wasn't dramatic. It was a healthcare assistant badge in 2013, worn quietly for years while he built toward something bigger. In a world that loves to tell people forty, fifty, sixty is "too late" to start over, John spent four years proving that the only real deadline is the one you accept. In his own words: "Don't listen to people who say you're too old for university. If I can do it, others can too. People are more brilliant than they think, and they're stronger than they think." So if there's a version of your life you've been putting off — a degree, a career change, a second act — let John's graduation photo be your permission slip. What's one thing you've always told yourself you're "too old" to start? 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