<p>“The only thing I assume is that a ~22-year old female, who is smart enough to get a full ride scholarship, is smart enough to find a job, even working retail, to pay the bills.”</p>
<p>-Again, we are not talking about money. So, your continuation with “money schema” is irrelevant. In addition, nobody can afford working while at Med. School, again not because of money, but because of time. Assuming that “affordability” is applicable to only money is incorrect. We told our D. that there will never be any gap years in her situation, more so she started school (kindergarten) early also, and it was not very easy to do either and actually cost us whole ton of money as no public schools took her. We really did not ask her what she wanted, so I have no idea what she wanted or could not or whatever, another assumption is not correct. And again, why this all of a sudden a topic of discussion? Many families will tell their kids “no gap year”, many more do so in our region where finding a job is practically impossible even for people with huge experiences, where many are driving to different cities on a daily basis and where most “summer” jobs, retail, fast food are filled with year around worker. Still another assumption that has absolutely nothing to do how one is smart or not.
Agian, who cares about my family and for that matter other families, everybody has their valid reasons to live certain way, we are in free country (yet), so enjoy your freedom while it lasts. And enjoy your weekend, it is Friday, no reason to be so hyped up about non-issue on FRIDAY!</p>