The clincher is that the government will only pay for higher education in the areas of proscribed job skill. After running through these thoughts and rationalizations I came to an impasse again. This made me wonder why I hadn t done the same as a child without being prompted. Then it came to me. I was an only child and I grew up in Germany.
Kids often pick up on ideas from other children and from what they hear and see.
My son has a little sister, he goes to a playgroup, and almost all of the shows I let him watch promote the idea of children aspiring to be something. I never really considered what I wanted to be until I was thirteen years old. I had been in the United states for about a year and had begun to absorb American culture. The idea of what I should be was really bothering me. About half way through my eighth grade year I decided I was going to be a writer.