Every once in awhile I will need to fill out a form or be asked what my highest level of education is....and normally with a slightly shameful tone to my voice I reply high school. WHY am I embarrassed or ashamed for that split second? Our society holds such a high regard for the educated....but in my opinion just because you go onto higher education does not make you smarter! I know some idiots that could retain information and were able to get a college or university degree. On the other hand I know a lot of very well educated people who have great jobs and are not idiots!! And a lot are moms.
I am very thankful for not going onto college and it was a personal choice. I knew I wanted to be a stay at home Mom. I personally did not see the point on continuing my education when I knew I would not be using it. So instead after high school I got a job, worked and saved my money! I know moms who struggle with going back to work after maternity leave because they spent so much money on their education that they feel they need to keep working. I am thankful that the only thing I had the choice to go back to after my first born was a part time job at Zellers...not really a struggle for me.
I know I can not change the way society in general view people with or without education or Moms who choose to stay at home and raise their children, but I can change how I respond and feel! I am what I was called to be... A MOM!
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Thank you so much for this post, Wanetta! (And for the rest of them!)
ReplyDeleteI have really struggled with this issue. When I had to stop my postsecondary education, I almost didn't know who I was anymore. I had always seen myself as a "smart girl" who would someday have a university degree. When that fell through, I had to seriously reestablish my identity. It felt like the Lord was violently tearing from me everything I was working towards. Education is fine, but for me it was a hidden idol that needed to be exposed.
Well said, Wanetta. Formal education is not the only kind of education out there, nor is it the "ideal" kind of education, either. From my experience, I have learned just as much from self-study as I have from academic study.
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