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Old 01-23-2006, 01:19 AM   #53 (permalink)
mandy
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Location: Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Im 21 years old and i've been out of school for 4 years now.im just starting my second year journalism. the year after i finished matric i took a gap year and i worked because i didnt know what i wanted to do. the year after that i decided to look at public realtions and journalism(a bridging course, a year long)that my parents decided they would pay for.the year after that i took another gap year so that i could work again to finance some of my studies.

i got enough money to pay for the registration and to support myself at technikon, you know, with stuff like transport money and text books, photocopies and stuff like that.i am still working as a waitress to pay off some of the other stuff this year so that im not such a heavy burden on my parents seeing as i am the oldest of three sisters.

i try and help out wherever i can. although some people may think that it is their duty as parents to put you through tertiary education the onus is also on you to help them out with the little things.

i will be the first to say that i was one of those people who thought that it was thier duty but then i realised just recently that they have 2 other kids to provide the basic education rights to and i cant expect them to do evrything for me anymore.they have however decided that they will finance most of my studies this year because i had such a good pass

there will come a time when i will leave my parents home and when i do i will have to know how to take care of and provide for myself.

there are still times when i think that it is unfair but then i also think that i wouldnt have been as independent from my parents as i am now.

i dont think that i could ever go back to that.

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