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\u201cYour friends are not thinking of their futures,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0she said firmly.\u00a0\u201cThey are thinking of continuing their social lives. You need to think strategically about building your career.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Our biggest argument erupted over this difference in vision. I accused her of trying to control my life. She countered that I was squandering potential out of fear of leaving my comfort zone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never asked to be your project,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0I shouted.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I never asked to be your guardian,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0she replied coolly.\u00a0\u201cYet here we are. I am trying to give you options your parents never had.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

That silenced me, and in the quiet that followed, she did something unprecedented. She told me about my father\u2019s childhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour father was brilliant,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0she said softly.\u00a0\u201cHe could solve complex math problems in his head, but our parents could not afford college. He worked at the gas station instead while I got the scholarship. He resented that for years. He started gambling to get rich quick since education was no longer an option. Your mother was the same\u2014bright but limited by circumstances. I am trying to break that cycle for you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

It was the first time she had spoken of my parents without judgment or anger. It gave me a window into their lives I had never had before, and it helped me understand her seemingly cold determination to push me academically.
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\u201cYour friends are not thinking of their futures,\u201d\u00a0she said firmly.\u00a0\u201cThey are thinking of continuing their social lives. You need to think strategically about building your career.\u201d Our biggest argument erupted over this difference in vision. I accused her of trying to control my life. She countered that I was squandering potential out of fear of…<\/p>\n

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