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To: Cathy

I had an interesting experience talking to a 19 year old college student, discussing Dave Ramsey, debt and student debt. My husband and I quoted him on the difference between a vocation and an advocation (job versus calling).
No one had given her the advice to pick a job she liked and was good at, instead of studying what she “loved” and expecting to get paid well for it.
Her father was grateful we discussed it with her, because she didn’t listen to him while expecting him to pay for tuition.
If we just keep her from going thousands of dollars into debt for a useless degree, we’ve done our good deed for the week.


37 posted on 04/16/2012 5:25:37 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: tbw2

>>No one had given her the advice to pick a job she liked and was good at, instead of studying what she “loved” and expecting to get paid well for it.<<

It is no joke that if you work at what you love you will never work a day in your life.

I just am finishing some, well let us say under-likeable things I need to do. But the creative juices flow, the idea that people will be working from what I have done, the idea I have placed my imprimatur on what I have done is enough to overcome what is, at 1 AM, pretty much exhaustion.

But tomorrow I CODE!!!!! (I hope)


66 posted on 04/16/2012 10:40:14 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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