“What do you want to be?”, the class of graduating
high-school students was asked. Among the teachers, doctors, engineers, and civil
servants, a lone voice said, “a good housewife”. Unambitious though she seemed,
she probably had a better understanding of her destiny than the rest.
The first generation of women in their community to go to
school, few of them would be allowed to travel to the nearest city either for
higher studies or to work. Within a year of graduation most of them would end
up married.
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A drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.
3 comments:
This is such a great reminder not to take those choices for granted. Then again, in the US it requires two incomes to get by so mom and housewife is a choice denied some of us (not that that would have been my calling, but it also wasn't an option).
I miss you, Natasha!
Natasha - Such important food for thought about the options we have. Thanks! And even if "a good housewife" doesn't seem ambitious, if someone actively chooses to do that, it's a calling, too. The key is that there be options.
Hooray for choice!! Well said
Hugs
SueAnn
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