- I went to school for 15 years, then straight to undergraduate degree for 4 years. Worked for a year and then 2.5 years for my graduate degree and then I have been slaving away. I'd love to have a break but that will probably happen when I retire.
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04-04-2017 12:35 AMLike 4 - Share
- Ooh very cool! I wish for it to happen for you in the way you would want it to.
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04-04-2017 12:35 AMLike 3 - Share
- Sounds very exciting. I'm happy for you. Hoping everything works out.
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04-04-2017 12:37 AMLike 4 - Share
- Wow, you're just a go-getter! Seriously.
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04-04-2017 12:42 AMLike 3 - Share
- Back home the pressure to get ahead in the rat race is just unbelievable. I'm glad my kid doesn't have to deal with that over here. Very grateful for that. All our friends look at us a bit funnily since the kid doesn't want any extracurricular classes to start getting ahead at school and I'm perfectly okay with that.
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04-04-2017 12:44 AMLike 4 - Share
- Back home the pressure to get ahead in the rat race is just unbelievable. I'm glad my kid doesn't have to deal with that over here. Very grateful for that. All our friends look at us a bit funnily since the kid doesn't want any extracurricular classes to start getting ahead at school and I'm perfectly okay with that.
Growing up my aunt played the comparison game and I had to learn to tune it out. Perhaps I could have been like my old coworker who is an pediatrician and pharmacist (we're the same age, roughly) and overachieved, but I'd like to think I'm walking the road I'm supposed to...- Share
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04-04-2017 01:05 AMLike 4 - Share
- Tell me about it. It's been an interesting process, to say the least.
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04-04-2017 01:06 AMLike 3 - Share
- It was the same for me at the time as well. It was just the industry that was so busy that they were constantly searching for people.
By far the creepier ways of contact was when they called me on my office phone. That happened a few times, including here in the UK. Always felt odd.- Share
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libra89 and Laura Knotek like this.04-04-2017 02:34 AMLike 2 - Share
- Some folks will never understand how hard the pressure is in some cultures. Lost a classmate to suicide because of this...Kid was pretty smart but he wasn't bringing home the grades that were expected and just saw no other way out.
Growing up my aunt played the comparison game and I had to learn to tune it out. Perhaps I could have been like my old coworker who is an pediatrician and pharmacist (we're the same age, roughly) and overachieved, but I'd like to think I'm walking the road I'm supposed to...
I guess that's life growing up as the youngest child of a single parent who works.
I'm not regretful or anything, I've done more in life than I could have ever imagined, just wish I'd had more encouragement. I won't go into my family dynamic of what my older brother was like...- Share
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libra89 and Laura Knotek like this.04-04-2017 02:42 AMLike 2 - Share
- It was the same for me at the time as well. It was just the industry that was so busy that they were constantly searching for people.
By far the creepier ways of contact was when they called me on my office phone. That happened a few times, including here in the UK. Always felt odd.- Share
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My wife finished her bachelor degree in her early 30's and masters in her late 30's. She's still contemplating a PhD.- Share
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04-04-2017 03:06 AMLike 3 - Share
- Can't say I've had the email thing. They typically contact me via LinkedIn these days though it's been sometime now.
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Laura Knotek likes this.04-04-2017 03:08 AMLike 1 - Share
- My upbringing was the complete opposite. I think my mother just wanted us to be good. There never was any pressure to achieve anything. Sometimes I wish there had been as I was a bit lazy at school and way too independent. Having some structure is important for young children, to some extent.
I guess that's life growing up as the youngest child of a single parent who works.
I'm not regretful or anything, I've done more in life than I could have ever imagined, just wish I'd had more encouragement. I won't go into my family dynamic of what my older brother was like...- Share
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04-04-2017 08:24 AMLike 4 - Share
- Agreed. A couple of great books about that are The Road Less Traveled and People of the Lie. 👍
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04-04-2017 08:28 AMLike 4 - Share
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I have to give much props to her for going through that. That's inspiring. I can't imagine wanting to do a PhD though, but I wish her luck with the decision.- Share
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N_LaRUE and Laura Knotek like this.04-04-2017 08:59 AMLike 2 - Share
- Seriously. It's interesting in good and bad ways. Having to unlearn some things is so not fun.
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N_LaRUE and Laura Knotek like this.04-04-2017 09:00 AMLike 2 - Share
- Some things aren't unlearned either. That's life though...
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04-04-2017 09:02 AMLike 4 - Share
- The baggage one carries with them through life. Sometimes you can let go. Other times it just lingers like a bad smell.
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04-04-2017 09:05 AMLike 3 - Share
- You'd be surprised sometimes as to how unaware people are off that and how that lack of awareness reinforces generational patterns...
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04-04-2017 09:07 AMLike 3 - Share
- You guys have some fascinating stories.
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04-04-2017 09:09 AMLike 3 - Share
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Of course she doesn't see herself in that manner. I do though.
As for the PhD it's a dream and one she really wants to pursue it's really about finding the topic and getting someone to think it's worthwhile. Not easy.- Share
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04-04-2017 09:09 AMLike 4 - Share
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Also I've seen lots of examples here in the UK, Canada and Australia of attitudes to certain things, like going to college or university are see as being 'up oneself' to use an Aussie idiom.
I'm the only college grad in my family at this point. None of my nieces or nephews have gone to college yet. Same goes for my wife.- Share
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libra89 and Laura Knotek like this.04-04-2017 09:18 AMLike 2 - Share
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I have mentioned this before but going against the grain from what is expected of you feels harder than I would expect sometimes.- Share
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04-04-2017 09:32 AMLike 3 - Share
- My wife is a bit of an academic in her field of study. She's done more courses than anyone I've ever met. To use the term 'specialist' when it comes to my wife would be almost insulting. More like expert. :P
Of course she doesn't see herself in that manner. I do though.
As for the PhD it's a dream and one she really wants to pursue it's really about finding the topic and getting someone to think it's worthwhile. Not easy.- Share
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N_LaRUE and Laura Knotek like this.04-04-2017 09:34 AMLike 2 - Share
- Ultimately it's more about replacing unhealthy habits and patterns with healthier ones. Many people unlearn things but never properly replace them...So the old stuff creeps back in.
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04-04-2017 10:20 AMLike 4 - Share
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