For those who have followed my blog faithfully you are well aware of my struggle with my research paper this semester. Well... it is finished! I turned it in and I am quite thankful to have completed it with 2hrs to spare. (That is what I call procrastination!)
As I did the research I had one of those "ah ha moments" that I sometimes get. I believe that the debate between the stay-at-home mother and the working mother is mainly a figment of the media's imagination. I really think the conflict that is happening is the conflict between each and every one of us. I ask myself daily if I am making the right choices... if I am doing a good job... if my kids are going to be screwed up because of something I have done. I never think "oh what a bad mom, she works all the time" or "that poor kid whose mom stays home." I work part-time so I kind-of have the best of both worlds...but that doesn't work for everyone and who am I to judge how others do it. So... my solution is that we pay less attention to the television and what they suggest is a problem... and be more supportive of each other.
Now... on to the 40min presentation on immigration due for a class Thursday night!
--Jessica
5 comments:
Congratulations on finishing your paper, Jessica. What classes are you taking?
Nice meeting you today. And weird.
Hey Amber! I am taking grad English classes at ACU. I teach part-time for CJC and MCM. It was kindof cool/weird to see someone and recognize them like that...
I like the conclusion you've drawn for your thesis. . .and you are soooooooooo right. We are our own worst critics. . .and when we criticize others, it's normally because we think they are doing it better than we are.
Congratulations on a paper completed.
Roxanne
Woo-hoo! Done! Good for you! And I agree with you about the working/stay-at-home conflict. It's totally personal and variable. But some people are so judgmental about it. I couldn't belive the difference in the way people spoke to me when I was teaching part-time versus staying home, like suddenly I was an interesting person worth talking to. It made me really sad.
(Good luck on you upcoming assignmnent. That's tough; I wouldn't want to touch immigration with a ten foot pole!)
My theory is that since we are not perfect, we will not be perfect parents so we are bounce to screw them up at least a little, but that gives them something to work on later in life.
Congrats on finishing your paper.
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