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Date Posted: 03:43:50 01/29/08 Tue
Author: Logan
Subject: Re: McQualified
In reply to: klutz 's message, "McQualified" on 16:46:38 01/28/08 Mon

We used to tease our (about to be graduated) daughter when she decided to follow her dream and switch her major from chemistry to art. We told her she'd be the most artistic burger flipper in southeastern PA. Of course, we are teasing, but it hurt, and we soon realized that she does fear not having a prescribed future with one of the large pharmaceutical companies or the like. She's been summer temping every year where I work (medical device company - we make ortho implants for surgeries) since she was a freshman. The first year she proclaimed that she was so glad she was a chem major because she now knew for certain that she could never have a desk job. Mighty vehement for an 18 yr old. Now, at the ripe old age of 21, she hopes to get hired so she can have benefits (medical, dental, vacation) and possibly have someone help with the bills for graduate school. She never wanted to wait tables, she always opted for the library or museum jobs at school. My point? She's scared to death of not finding work at what she loves - and I applaud Mickey D's for helping give pride to those who have chosen that path. Mr. Logan and I brought girls into the world who could've attended ivy league colleges with their averages and scores and AP classes; and both of them chose the arts. We love and respect them and have to support them, even if it didn't match our dreams for them. A tough pill to swallow. (Younger daughter is third in her class this year, but is finishing school online because she was accepted by a ballet company to be a trainee, so she lives far away and dances every day - her dream come true. What happens when her body gives out and she can't make those jumps and turns? She'll teach in a dance school, I guess.) I love them both dearly, I know I must sound mean spirited. I'm proud beyond belief, but it's not the dream I envisioned for them. Am I a snob? I hope not. As I write this, I fear I'm an ungrateful SOB. uhoh...

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  • Re: McQualified -- Deep Diction, 04:44:41 01/29/08 Tue
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