"Oh, they weren't shocked ... I don't think I can do anything to shock them"

Pat O’Donnell is a couple of years through her graduate degree at Notre Dame University in Fremantle WA. Like many new university students, she started with an initial subject choice, but also like many, that has now evolved and a double major is likely to result…there’s even talk of an Honours year and additional studies. This current journey and the planned outcomes sound typical of any new student embarking on a tertiary education…It’s just that Pat began this journey at 83 years of age.