Hi! Uh, you...don't know me, but I've been friends list surfing and I just wanted to take a moment to respond to this article. I hope you don't mind, but this is a subject rather close to my heart.
It does take years and years in academia to get an advanced degree and it can take longer to get tenure, however as an MA holder myself, I can say that I've known women in my program working towards tenure and women working towards degrees who have children, and who planned and became pregnant while working towards either goal. My own mother gained her MAT while single-parenting two children. You can, actually, accomplish your professional goals and have a family as well. It's not easy, but it isn't impossible.
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Date: 2009-01-26 03:23 am (UTC)It does take years and years in academia to get an advanced degree and it can take longer to get tenure, however as an MA holder myself, I can say that I've known women in my program working towards tenure and women working towards degrees who have children, and who planned and became pregnant while working towards either goal. My own mother gained her MAT while single-parenting two children. You can, actually, accomplish your professional goals and have a family as well. It's not easy, but it isn't impossible.