I really enjoyed reading in the Columbian newspaper this morning, about the kids who are graduating from high school this year. It is difficult for me to imagine how bright they are. They seem so mature to me as opposed to kids when I was a teen.
They planned to be everything from a Dr.,a musician, to a pilot and a rodeo competitor, and many other vocations. Not only were these their goals, they have been planning and studying for this even before they get out of high school. Wow.....how different is this than when I went to high school. How much wiser and more meaningful.
Most of the boys I knew were dying to get out of school so they could get a job. The girls wanted to get married and raise a family. The thought of college never even entered our minds. The only exception were the kids who come from families that had money, had been to college and had just naturally planned on their kids going to college too.
The thing most girls in my category saw the ads in the newspaper for Hope Chests......Ah, to have a beautiful cedar chest to put all our things we made for the home we hoped to have. We had a sewing group and we crocheted doilies, embroidered dish towels with days of the week on them. (must have a new dist towel every day you know), bought pillow case tubing and ironed on designs to embroider.
I got my cedar chest and all I could think about was how my house would look, etc. College never once entered my mind.
Twenty years later my husband and I went to college, but that's another story. All I can say is kudos to the kids of today. I wish them success in their lives and in following their dreams.
Until next time,
Be kind to one another.
Joyce
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I had a hope chest, too. When I was in high school, few girls went to college. If they did, the vocations they chose were teachers or nurses. Some went to technical schools to become secretaries or bookkeepers. I never thought of going to college as a high school graduate. I didn't get my degree until much later in life. I graduated with a B.S. in Education at age 51. I graduated Magna Cum Laude, after having worked full time and attended classes at night, full time, for over two years. I value my education so much.
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