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Kickaha
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Join Date: May 2004
 
2007-05-15, 20:34

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Originally Posted by Banana View Post
Verrry helpful... Was that because of their faith or just simply being anti-intelluctual?
I'm the black sheep of the family - the only one not either in a blue collar job ("You don't need a college education!") or in a business role ("You just need an MBA!").

The entire concept of going back to school just to study something for the love of it is absolutely foreign to them. I finally had to fend them off by saying "I'll make a lot more money later." "Oh, well why didn't you just say so?"

I guess moving across country (WA to NC) to attend grad school the first time around, was kind of risky - I'd never lived outside of WA before, had never been to NC, hadn't visited the school...

Phoenix, follow what you love. That's pretty much it.
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