Finding My Way Back to the Bench An Unexpectedly Satisfying Destination

I was never one of those little girls who dreamed of the ideal wedding, the ideal husband, and the single-family detached house in the suburbs complete with a white picket fence. I am the daughter of educational immigrants—two Filipinos who came to the United States for graduate school and ended up...

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Published inMotherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory p. 125
Main Author A. Pia Abola
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Cornell University Press 16.07.2010
Edition1
Subjects
Behavioral sciences
Child care
Children
Colleges
Education
Educational institutions
Families
Family members
Formal education
Graduate schools
Human populations
Human societies
Infants
Parenting
Persons
Population studies
Schools
Social institutions
Social sciences
Sociology
Sons
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Summary:I was never one of those little girls who dreamed of the ideal wedding, the ideal husband, and the single-family detached house in the suburbs complete with a white picket fence. I am the daughter of educational immigrants—two Filipinos who came to the United States for graduate school and ended up staying here where the opportunities are. My upbringing stressed hard work, striving for excellence, and the importance of education. My dreams were of being a successful scientist, although it was not until college that I settled on a specific discipline: biochemistry. Since I am Filipina, my upbringing also
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