Women from Elite Colleges Motherhood or Work Throughout time women have been expected to stay home and take care of the family, but times have changed. Some mothers go to work and others stay home. There are influences that help or hinder a woman’s choice to stay home or work, even if she has attended an excellent college according to “Many Women at Elite College Set Career Path to Motherhood” by Louise Story. Their families are the biggest influence in their lives. Their family members were the only role models they had to go by while they were growing up.
Tribute to my mother Excite My mother’s love for me was so great I have worked hard to justify it. - Marc Chagall I love this quote because I feel like my mother is the one person that keeps me going. Without her I would not be where I am today and where I am heading to in the future. Launch I’m very blessed to say that I have a wonderful mother and it’s an honor to make my tribute speech on her. Not only is she my mother but my best friend and trust me it wasn’t always like that.
She has never expressed regret for her decision, but it is a real life example of what society expected of women during that time period. I would like to think that I would identify with Katherine if I lived during that era, but who knows what society would have influenced me to believe. I am very grateful that expectations for women have changed so dramatically in the last sixty years. 2. What were the issues and challenges faced by the main characters regarding the choices they had to make regarding college education, marriage, relationships, and family?
She decided to take advantage of the FMLA and was able to spend that precious time with family during those adverse times which allowed her to focus her mind on the family and not stress about her job at all. In this paper I will briefly discuss the history then I will explain the importance of having this benefit and what are the challenges and issues of this benefit today and, and finally how this benefit will look in the future. Let me start with giving you a brief history of Leave of Absence and FMLA. Leave of Absences have been going on for years at various businesses and organizations for different circumstances. When employees took this leave of absence, they were not
Although she is an old person, she is willing to work and raise money for the family as a maid. She always bases her decisions on what is best for her family, but what she won’t do is try to accomplish something that are against her ideals that she has, and in all the play, she never goes against her beliefs and she never gives up. Mama can be described as little imposing at the first sight of her, but almost immediately, she totally changes that view of her. While the way she moves speaks of her age, her face and voice speaks of her past. It is strong and firm, but with a hint of sadness at times.
This tradition has altered but the stereotypical role of the wife has changed very little. In his article entitled “Responsibilities of a Wife”, author E.R. Hill, Jr. states that “A submissive wife is a worthy woman, has accepted a worthy role, is committed to a worthy objective, and is performing a worthy work; She deserves the praise of her family, the gratitude of her nation, and the honor of any civilized society” (par.5). Hill also outlines the Biblical roles of women stating that the women is “to be fruitful…be there for companionship, for affection, for sexual needs and to be keepers at the home” (par.7-11). In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main character Janie discovers her vision of at a young age.
Julia Shaw, writing here at Slate yesterday has an article reinvigorating the old conservative hobbyhorse that people should marry young. Shaw herself married relatively young, at age 23 to a 25-year-old husband. Since it’s working out pretty well for her, she figures it will work out for you. Oh, she knows that you’re going to object and point out that most young women haven’t met the right guy yet. She knows you'll say that selecting a lifelong mate is difficult to do before you’re all fully baked adults.
I don’t really think about it. But I really appreciate and admire my Mom because she made a choice, a conscious choice to stay home from her career and make homemaking her career. It wasn’t like she had to or was forced into it by my Dad. She had a college degree and a good job, but she chose to be the very best at what she did! • Would you change anything about your childhood that your Mom or Dad did or didn’t do?
It’s always good to know that I have helped her half as much as she has me. I hope one day I will be the mom that she is. Throughout my life my father came around only when it was convenient for him. I would
Mandi is the one person that I hope is always there for me, because your sister is always going to be there to pick you up when you have fallen. I admire my mother, not because she is my mom but because she is the only person I know that will be completely honest with me. I have had many significant events happen to me in my life but only two have completely affected me as I come of age, One of those significant event that has helped shape who I am not only today but for the future of myself, happened in October of 2011 when I moved from Kansas to Menard, Texas in the middle of my seventh grade year just a couple days after my first nephew Greyson was born, the big move from Kansas to Texas had changed everything for me. I had to adjust from moving from Idaho to Kansas then to Texas, if you think about it moving can affect many people in many different ways positive or negative, and for me it affected me negatively. Another significant event that affected me happened in August of