Justin and I were once chatting with some of our Qatari students about moving away to college at the age of 17. They were appalled at the thought and asked, "Weren't you terribly sad to leave your parents???"
We said, "Yeah, but I was ready to go!" and talked about wanting more independence.
The students stared at us with alarm that we were such bad children that we could ever abandon our parents so young and said, "But, imagine if YOU had children, and when they were 17 or 18 they wanted to move out of YOUR house!"
We both burst out laughing. "God help them if they don't!"
I'm pretty sure all the students in the room left that conversation thinking that Justin and I are the worst human beings on the planet.
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Date: 2010-01-25 06:17 pm (UTC)We said, "Yeah, but I was ready to go!" and talked about wanting more independence.
The students stared at us with alarm that we were such bad children that we could ever abandon our parents so young and said, "But, imagine if YOU had children, and when they were 17 or 18 they wanted to move out of YOUR house!"
We both burst out laughing. "God help them if they don't!"
I'm pretty sure all the students in the room left that conversation thinking that Justin and I are the worst human beings on the planet.