Interesting. Both my neices. One 22, having finished her undergrad nursing degree a year ago was making 67k working at Columbia in NYC, decided she wanted something better. Broke up with her construction-worker boyfriend of 3 years – who was and remains a very nice boy – because he wanted her to not work so much so she could be home in time to make dinner. Imagine a woman telling her professional husband the same?
She is now enrolled at Stony Brook U for grad work in management. Her goal is not simply to be a nurse, which is in itself a noble profession, she wants to manage the entire department. We are all proud of her and help in any way we can.
Another neice, graduated high school early, took all advanced placement courses received enough scholarship money to attend Jr College to satisfy her liberal arts requirements finsihing this past spring. Her grades not only put her on the Dean list but she also received the Presidents Award with scholarship money to enter Gainsville University’s biology center. Her ultimate goal is Neuro-biology.
All toll, we have 7 newphews and 3 neices. the youngest girl 12 has know from early on that she wants also to go into medicine. Sadly, my nephews all teens have either dropped out of community colleges, one dropping out after receiving a hockey scholarship, or not attending at all despite family encouragement. Just a local view of a larger global issue of today’s disparity.
