Sometimes we skip classes because we’d rather do something fun or just don’t feel like it. It’s not uncommon to hear us 20-something university students complain about homework, feeling like the education part of college is a burden. Well, suck it up.

Eighty-four year-old Margaret Halava and 14-year-old Taraz Buck are here to help remind us the quest for knowledge is an ageless, admirable endeavor and satisfying human curiosity is priceless.

Halava is returning to MSU 64 years after she attended classes here as a junior. She is enrolled in an introduction to political science course and is pursuing a major in political science.

She is an exceptional case and cause for inspiration. Whether she attains a degree, she is still fulfilling her desire to learn and enriching her already successful life in the process.

Then there is Buck, the youngest full time student to ever attend MSU. This 14-year-old’s nimble mind and desire to learn enabled him to skip four grades during middle and high school. He hopes to work in computer science and engineering, and has developed an interest in molecular biology as well.

Buck hasn’t let his age intimidate him or prevent him from learning. At an age when most boy’s concerned with they’re raging hormone, he has worked with biochemistry professors and stands at the edge of success.

If a boy almost a decade younger than us and a woman old enough to be our grandmother can achieve these goals, why can’t we?

We’re at MSU to learn and better ourselves. Halava and Buck are two examples of people whose desire to learn have made them unique.

We can and should learn from their endeavors.