Tiger sibling dilema - passion vs practicality

blossom
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:31:21 +0000

Really? She’s going to make a decision about her entire career right now as a high school senior, based on having more gifted (or better test-taking) siblings?

If it were my kid I’d be encouraging her to think holistically about college- choose the place which offers enough options if she decides to pursue neither pharmacy nor vet; choose the place where she’ll stretch herself intellectually and in every other meaningful way; choose a place which isn’t so off the beaten track that she’s closing off Vet school now but where she may fall in love with yet something else.

And tell the sibs to zip it. They mean well, but life is filled with people telling you that you’re too short to be a model and too fat to be a ballerina and too common to be Queen of England. Your D is not trying to be any of those things so why puncture the balloon before she even gets to college?