<p>No extreme sacrifices. In my day I should have spent more on books in college and medical school. I sometimes wondered how much more enjoyable college would have been if I had the time for more academics as an undergrad instead of working. I think my mother’s going to work when I entered medical school and my younger sibling started college was an excuse to do something as much as for the income. In my childhood the social norm was the husband could provide for his family without his wife needing to work- a terrible waste of so many women’s intellectualism (no second car to get to the library or computers back then). Maybe Wisconsin public schools are much better than in other states- they met/meet gifted students’ needs- I can’t imagine giving up the benefits for the limitations of home schooling.</p>