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Education planning in a pandemic is fraught with peril
My youngest child is an honour roll student in her last year of high school. As her scholastic aptitude did not originate from my side of the bloodline, I can only marvel at her accomplishments from an experiential distance. As we progress through her choosing an institute of higher learning, I find myself emotionally invested in ways I wasn’t ready for.
My daughter’s academic path contrasts starkly with my own student history. Financial circumstance forced me out of university and into the workforce before the end of my first year. While I eke out a middle class income today, I am frustrated by the limitations my lack of education has imposed. This has driven me to see that my children are not similarly restricted.
The university application process in our jurisdiction has the applicant rank their top three choices. The applicant then waits for offers. Under the assumption that she would be staying home to study, her first two choices were local with the third being a six hour drive away.
The third, out-of-town, choice was a throw in. We were financially resigned to her studying in town and living at home. All three universities on her application have communicated offers of acceptance with scholarships of similar value.
