my parents.. suck.

[CalliesMom]

I grew up in a middle class home where my parents struggled to support themselves and three children. My father wanted my brother and myself (my other brother is mentally handicapped) to go to college so that we did not have to go through the same hardships that he did. My brother was the first person in our family to graduate and I was the second. My brother and his wife have a wonderful home and do not have the same struggles that my father and mother had--my brother just graduated with his MBA and would not be where he is without his education.

I know the feeling of living paycheck to paycheck as I'm a very poor graduate student and live off of my stipend. I'm going to school because I know that one day I will have enough money to send my children to the best universities, to have the home I've always wanted, to truly enjoy life as I see fit. Having an education simply makes getting a job that much simpler--people have been able to make great livings without any sort of degree but to be honest, it is quite difficult.

I do want to say that what I want in life is not what others may want. In the end, you must do what makes you happy and if college is not for you, it's not for you. It just gives you opportunities that will be denied to others.