tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post6455584436585249547..comments2024-03-24T09:36:51.494-04:00Comments on delagar: See, women just don't want...delagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-1199699654806653662009-10-08T13:03:39.749-04:002009-10-08T13:03:39.749-04:00I didn't do it because I didn't know I cou...I didn't do it because I didn't know I could, and I grew up poor. I had low paying jobs most of my adult life to date, and have just been laid off of the first job that paid me a middle-class wage. I'm proof that a high IQ isn't enough in itself. <br /><br />I was the first to go to college, but still didn't get that I would have to earn a living my whole life, or that it could be a good living if I made the right choices. I had no professional role models, and nobody to show me what was possible. And I had no idea that I was capable of original thought, and what that meant, until it was way too late to go back and get the necessary educational underpinnings. I doubt that philosophy journals want to hear from me now, with my 30-year-old English degree. <br /><br />I'm making great progress on a novel though. I may never get over thinking I'm not worthy, but as I get older I am more determined to exercise some self-expression. <br /><br />I really, really hope that women are being raised and encouraged better these days. We know the kid is, delagar! It's great to see.Juliannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035668022429107730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-39030110517132408952009-10-08T12:33:37.572-04:002009-10-08T12:33:37.572-04:00I agree. I majored in philosophy but never consid...I agree. I majored in philosophy but never considered it as a career. Such a boys club. Although, I also think that the professors weren't very good role models for the life I wanted to live since they were all self-indulgent kooks. If any of my teachers had been female kooks, they wouldn't have changed my mind.<br /><br />Have you ever read the blog "stuff white people do"? The last post was very on point: http://stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com/2009/10/listen-poorly-during-discussions-of.htmlElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07625315968391918427noreply@blogger.com