Otherwise, the individual can just end up with a mediocre job and a corresponding unsatisfactory pay. It is weird, but even in a country as free as the United States an individual still has to get the best education in order for her to have the doors of better employment opened. I would like to think that my parents sent me to UCSD simply because they want me to have the best employment opportunities in the future. It was also because I wanted to succeed in a career too and if college education is a guarantee, I would certainly need my parents help. It was not just because I was brought up to be fearful of parental authority. There was nothing I could do but comply with their wishes. It was my folks’ decision and although I tried explaining to them that a school within LA would be a better option, but with the sheer obstinacy characteristic of Asian parents towards their kids, they managed to send me to San Diego and finish a college degree far from my home. Studying in San Diego was an idea I never dared to entertain. People cannot blame me if I still feel this way even if I already face the prospect of graduating soon and leaving UCSD for good. However, every time I encountered troubles with classmates, friends, and even with my studies, I could not help thinking again of the problem in my relationship with my parents. There were other things that I can write and be introspective about. This is exactly the problem, the cause of tension between me and my parents. In San Diego, I did not mind being away from my folks but I also could not settle easily with the idea that I would be away from my close friends at home and be in a school I never planned to be in. The difference then is that I was apprehensive about being away from my parents and spend hours with other kids I hardly know.
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