Wow, that's a particularly nasty clickbaity headline. He only dropped out because of the disease that caused him to be bedridden for those 11 years.
Maybe "Student was bedridden for 11 years..." would be more accurate.
Maybe "Student was bedridden for 11 years..." would be more accurate.
It is a good story. Just a bad headline.
In the news where I'm at, if a 19 year old does something good, they refer to him/her as a "Teenager."
If this same 19 year old does something bad, "MAN ARRESTED FOR..."
Never understood it.
"Teenage Pregnancy", for example. Most folks picture someone young. 15-16, perhaps. Most folks don't stop to consider that a very sizable portion of "teenage pregnancy" happens to 18 and 19 year olds, which while young isn't that uncommon either.