SAH/WOH and educational decisions
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SAH/WOH and educational decisions
| Tue, 01-06-2009 - 9:29pm |
In what ways, if any, did your preference of work status affect your educational/career decisions? For example, I was originally going to go to medical school, but changed my mind because I knew that as a doctor I would not have the work/family schedule that I preferred. In the meantime, I saw professors with their children on campus all the time. It appeared to be a nice balance, and it partially influenced my decision to go into academia as a career instead.
What educational or career choices did you make based on your preferred work/family balance?
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I never really had much of a plan either way. When I was young, I was quite determined that I would never have any kids. That changed, but I am still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up, lol.
We did eventually work out a modus operandi after dd was born that took into account that we had a kid to bring up, but also tried to take our needs into account. It involves compromises all around, but it has worked reasonably well all things considered. Now that we have a bit more room to move (one reason being dd's age), I have gone back to school in the hope of wringing a second career out of my meandering life course.
"What educational or career choices did you make based on your preferred work/family balance?"
I think the question is being asked backward.
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I'm always a little surprised when I hear about women determined to have kids young.
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"What was your plan if you hadn't met anyone prior to age 30?"
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Oh, I agree, it's just that I can't imagine planning on something like meeting the right person to spend the rest of your life with at a certain age.
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I think the way you did it was a great fit
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