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For How Long are Parents Willing to Financially Assist their Kids?
I am a parent, a divorced mother, who is willing to financially assist my kids for as long as I am able to. But what if my kids still can’t find a job 2 or 3 years after matric or university? If I am still able to, will I still be willing to financially assist my kids when they should be earning their entire income on their own? I may not like it if I end up financially assisting my kids into their early twenties or beyond, but they’re my kids. I’m their mother, and as a mother I take on the responsibility of looking after them as best as I can, no matter how old they are. I took on that responsibilty the moment I fell pregnant with them. And … Read entire article »
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What I did After Matric
As South African matriculants write their 2011 matric exams I realise it is 25 years since I wrote my own matric exams. Getting old sucks. I often feel like I am still 17, and not 42. I wrote my matric exams at Hudson Park High School in East London in South Africa in 1986. I didn’t do so well – in fact I failed maths standard grade, by about 2%, but I passed matric. I was 17 when I matriculated from Hudson Park. In fact I still find it odd that even though I hated and failed maths, one of the first jobs I got was based on my doing well in a basic maths test. It was 1988 and I was sitting in a Transnet skills testing room with about 12 … Read entire article »
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