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What did he pick for you Rinda?
A very intriguing title for your post - I couldn't wait to read more
I wanted to be a journalist, but my mum wouldn't hear of it. She thought it wasn't academic enough..
My Mom pushed me to be an attorney. It definitely pays the bills, but I'm an artist at heart and wouldn't go this route if I had it to do over again.
How fortunate you are to have had a father who had high hopes for you, Rinda! And I love the pages you have made to document his wishes. :o)
On the flip side, at the risk of sounding pitiful, my dad was an example of what NOT to be, and my mom was our guiding light of hard honest work and love. She never told us WHAT to be, but she believed that we could do and be anything we wanted to be.
My mom was like Deb's. But I did know that her dream was to be a teacher. Later, at age 40, I wasn't sure I wanted to teach for another 25 years so I quit my job; I thought that perhaps I was fulfilling my mom's dream, not mine. Later when I took an inventory survey the university offers it summed up that I should be a nurse or teacher. Ha! So when I found another job, that's what I went back to, joyfully, I might add!
I love the title of this post! My parents were very supportive, and didn't push either of us in any particular direction. I actually fought being a teacher since both my parents and my grandfather taught, but in the end, it was a calling, and I did love my job!
My parents insisted we go to college since my dad felt he really missed out by not being able to go himself.
What courses we pursued were up to us, but there was never any question of us NOT going to college.
Aw soo sweet! What a lovely tribute.
I love it when I pick up an old project and begin again. It looks like a wonderful project.
Catherin
Just popped in from Shimelle's class
I'm having problems leaving comments this evening so please take this as a comment on all your recent posts, I have read and enjoyed them all :-) Great flower photography, lovely art journaling, a heartwarming story of your mother - so many good things! And this was really interesting, too.
Like with Stacey above, there was definitely an expectation that I would go to university (though there wasn't this same expectation for my brother, who had very different inclinations and ideas). I was free to choose my own career path, but I do wonder what the reaction would have been if I hadn't chosen something as 'suitable' as teaching!
My parents never pushed any of us in any particular direction-they were just very supportive of our choices.
Alison xx
i, too, love the catchy post title! my parents wanted me to go into a math/science field since they were both engineers but, strangely enough, all three of us kids went straight for the liberal arts! but we always knew we had to go to college, and it seems that is what your dad had in mind, as well.
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