When You Surpass The Education Of Your Parents

On fb, a 'poster' was shared on the lines of, "What I see, what they see" type of thing. Those are becoming pretty popular. Many of them are very funny.  There happened to be one on homeschooling. I think it's funny. However, there was a question asked, by a loved one, that I had to address.  My response follows.

"What happens when you surpass the education level of your parents?" You move on to the next level via college classes, tutors or simply by being self taught.  You find another avenue for furthering your education.  That is the goal, isn't it? To have our children SURPASS the education level of their parents.  Every parent wants their child(ren) to have a greater life than they did.  To have our children surpass our education level is a great achievement!

Calculus is NOT required to graduate nor is it required for 98% of the jobs out there nor is it required for entrance into 98% of colleges or universities. By the time calculus rolls around in a student's education - said student is almost done with their high school journey.  By the time calculus rolls around, it's time to move on to higher education.  There are college Sophomores that are just now taking Calculus. There is no time frame for learning and for higher education.

What happens when you surpass the education level of your parents? Your parents are ecstatic because they have done such a fantastic job of educating you. Your parents are ecstatic because they have done such a fantastic job educating their children that those children will ALREADY KNOW the answer to such a close minded question. 

You will know that education is not limited to a building or a curriculum.  What happens when you surpass the education level of your parents?  You get hands-on life experience from field work, from friends that happen to be professors, from anyone, from anywhere your life path travels.

When you surpass the education level of your parents you will have learned enough to love and support all of your family members in positive and loving ways.  Hopefully, you will have learned that there are millions of different ways to learn to be a self-supporting, kind, compassionate human being -- not to mention family member.  Hopefully, you will have learned how to be a supportive family member even if you don't always agree on life choices.

When you surpass the education level of your parents – and your parents are well-educated, well-rounded, intelligent, kind, honest, hard-working individuals that are not in any kind of financial or legal troubles and are not a burden on any government entity, but are the kind of people that volunteer, donate, support and care for others – I would say that you are then a well rounded individual.  That you are the wonderful type of person that this world needs more of.  I would say that you are then, the wonderful type of person that would never dream of asking such a narrow-minded and painful question because you would already know that asking such a question will hurt those that love you unconditionally.  It isn’t the answer that is important, it’s the fact that you asked in the cold manner that you did.

When my sons surpass my life's worth of knowledge and experiences - I will rejoice!