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Parental Expectations: What My Parents Wanted Me To Be When I Grew Up

The Huffington Post Canada

08/30/2012 05:11am EDT | Updated August 31, 2012

Do your parents like your job?

It may sound like a silly question -- after all, you're the one working every day, not them -- but as it turns out, your parents' expectations of where you would end up could have had more of an impact on your eventual career path than you believed.

As much as parents really just want their kids to be happy, they also can't help but be human and put a few expectations on them as well.

We asked different professionals from Canada for their own recollections of their parents' expectations, and were happily surprised to discover they covered the gamut from "be a doctor" to "piano playing will always pay the bills." What did your parents want you to be?

[…]

Secure

My in-laws always told my husband and his brothers to find something that they loved to do and then find a way to get paid for doing it. Three of them have managed to take their love of computers and make careers out of it.

For my sister and I, our dad always encouraged us to find a career that we would be able to support ourselves with and never have to rely on a man. I don’t recall any discussions on finding something that you really loved to do. : )

-Michelle Edwards-Boldt, Business Manager, Cultural Ambassador, AOL Canada

[…]

University Degree

All my parents wanted was for me to go and finish university. In my mom's eyes that made me a "somebody". I was the first person in my family to do so, so anything after that was a bonus! The fact that I have a Director title gives her enough bragging rights to last her a lifetime!

-Marieta Mendoza, Director, Human Resources, AOL Canada

[...]

Not The Army

My parents were devastated when I joined the Army, which was made worse by the fact I had to get their signature because I was only 17. Heartbroken but wanting to be supportive, they signed. But years later, when I got into journalism school, my mom told me that as a youngster she'd always wanted to be a journalist but just was never able to pursue her dream. She never shared that tidbit with until then.

-Pablo Richard Fernandez, News Editor, The Huffington Post Alberta

[…]

Business Woman

My mother wanted me to become a lawyer or a business women or a director of something. I played the role of lawyer in a play at school, which made my mother very proud, and I became a business woman quite early on, from working in a bank to managing a team at AOL. Today I’m in sales and I think she would be very proud of me.

My father always told me to do what makes me happy, and to follow my heart. I tried to combine both of their good advice and do my very best every day.

-Maryse Huet, Account Executive, AOL Canada

Source: Adapted from https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/08/30/parental-expectations_n_1843210.html

(Accessed in February 2013.)

Reading Comprehension Questions

1. What is the main purpose of the text?

( ) To discover the career expectations of youngsters.

( ) To discuss the positive impact of parental expectations on career decisions.

( ) To discuss different stories regarding parental expectations on career decisions.

2. Write Michelle, Marieta, Pablo, or Maryse according to the sentences below.

a) ________________ works with sales.

b) ________________ has chosen the career of a family member’s dreams.

c) ________________ was encouraged to look for financial independence.

d) ________________ is the first person in the family to graduate from university.

3. Write T (True) of F (False). Then, correct the false statements

a. ( ) Parents’ expectations do not play an important part in a person’s career path.

________________________________________________________________________________

b. ( ) It is expected that parents put a few expectations on their children.

________________________________________________________________________________c. ( ) Michelle and her sister were advised to find a career that they loved to do.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

d. ( ) Pablo’s parents were pleased when he decided to join the Army.

________________________________________________________________________________

e. ( ) Maryse’s father did not impose a career path on her.

________________________________________________________________________________

4. Find a fragment to support each statement below.

a. Parents cannot prevent themselves from putting expectations on their children.

____________________________________________________________________________

b. There was a great diversity in the responses to the question. “What did your parents want you to be?”

________________________________________________________________________________

5. What do the pronouns in bold refer to? Choose the correct answers.

a. ... own recollections of their parents’ expectations... (paragraph 4)

( ) recollections ( ) different professionals from Canada

b. ... get paid for doing it. (paragraph 5)

( ) find a way ( ) something that they loved to do

c. Three of them… (paragraph 5)

( ) my in-laws ( ) my husband and his brothers

d. … so anything after that was a bonus! (paragraph 7)

( ) finishing university ( ) the first person

e. … which made my mother very proud… (paragraph 9)

( ) school ( ) I played the role of lawyer in a play at school

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