Searching for the dream:Page 14
Bhumika Ghimire
March 04, 2006
Although my three year bachelor degree in computer application did not prepare me to work anywhere in the IT field, it sure did a lot to my self confidence. As a failed student, I had this notion that whatever I will take up, I will never be a success. But then being the top student made me forget all that. It puffed up my little brain with great expectations; for me and for my future.
I had begun to believe that I am this tech whiz who is the next great thing, after Bill Gates. During the second semester of my first year, I started looking for Universities in USA where I was going to launch my great career. I would not disclose the name of the universities where I applied, I am afraid that they might file a defamation suit against me. They were in California and Massachusetts. Yes, I wanted to be either in golden state or in the land of Harvard. Anything else was too low for me.
My parents, worried that I will embark on another high dream ride of mine and fail again, tried to persuade me against it. They tried to make me understand that a person who needs a calculator do basic addition for a three digit number is no tech wizard. I would not listen, thinking about Einstein (who failed in math as a kid) I was sure that I am the next great thing. I continued in my pursuit. And by the final year of college I had managed to secure admission in a university in Texas.
My entire city knew that I had got acceptance letter from the Texan University. I am not the quite humble type, I believe in inviting everyone to enjoy my success. My poor parents, they were feeling the pressure. By then my family had moved from the two income household to one income and with two college age kids, it was impossible that they would be able to finance my American dream. During the lengthy family discussion they would try to explain to each one if us the financial position, adding and subtracting big numbers and showing the zero at the end of a column which read savings.
I refused to buy it, I knew that they had money and I was determined to get it. So I played my triumph card, the daughter card. I told that they don?t want to send me to USA coz I am a girl and they would rather spend the money on their son who will take care of them when they are old. They don?t want to invest on their daughter who will one day leave them to be with someone else's family.
(fictional account)
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I had begun to believe that I am this tech whiz who is the next great thing, after Bill Gates. During the second semester of my first year, I started looking for Universities in USA where I was going to launch my great career. I would not disclose the name of the universities where I applied, I am afraid that they might file a defamation suit against me. They were in California and Massachusetts. Yes, I wanted to be either in golden state or in the land of Harvard. Anything else was too low for me.
My parents, worried that I will embark on another high dream ride of mine and fail again, tried to persuade me against it. They tried to make me understand that a person who needs a calculator do basic addition for a three digit number is no tech wizard. I would not listen, thinking about Einstein (who failed in math as a kid) I was sure that I am the next great thing. I continued in my pursuit. And by the final year of college I had managed to secure admission in a university in Texas.
My entire city knew that I had got acceptance letter from the Texan University. I am not the quite humble type, I believe in inviting everyone to enjoy my success. My poor parents, they were feeling the pressure. By then my family had moved from the two income household to one income and with two college age kids, it was impossible that they would be able to finance my American dream. During the lengthy family discussion they would try to explain to each one if us the financial position, adding and subtracting big numbers and showing the zero at the end of a column which read savings.
I refused to buy it, I knew that they had money and I was determined to get it. So I played my triumph card, the daughter card. I told that they don?t want to send me to USA coz I am a girl and they would rather spend the money on their son who will take care of them when they are old. They don?t want to invest on their daughter who will one day leave them to be with someone else's family.
(fictional account)
continued.....
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