<p>My diploma is hanging in a frame next to those of my sibs in my parents’ home.</p>
<p>The education is something I benefit from almost every day. I learned to think, to do research, to write, to speak a foreign language. I later went on to an MA and PhD in related areas. When I went off to college my dad told me “We can’t promise you an inheritance but we can make sure you have a good college education.” The certificates were, in a sense, proof positive that we’d achieved what my parents had hoped for.</p>
<p>BTW/ we have the diplomas of our own children. It’s become a family tradition – at least for two generations.</p>