This thread is floating around in my head today. I really liked what ph45 said.
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
My two cents would not to try to push your kids into a specific field (to certain extent) but to try to be top tier in whatever field they pick.
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#1 is in college doing learning industrial design which she loves and appears to have a lot of directions she could go. I think she should be self employed and find her niche. #2 I worry about because she has a lot of me in her but fortunately smarter. She has time.
My administrator approached me today about a couple opportunities she wants me to consider. The first is starting a behavior focused classroom which county is desperate for and I basically asked for in a letter last month. The second is getting that administration certificate and starting to take the reins. Anyway I have the degrees as union cards and the certificate would be another even if they didn't play out smoothly when I first got them. I've said a lot of things in the past about "if I ran these classrooms" because I know what bad educational systems look like, anyway it may be put up or shut up time. Thing about these opportunities is with all the education, for the immediate future, I'll still be making 1/2 of what Pete does in a field far removed from her Fine Arts degree. College degrees are weird, they're both important and unimportant, its just a matter of how it plays out on the personal level. I'd prolly be better off a wood butcher.