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Why choosing purpose over profit disappoints the people who sacrificed for you

My mom worked three jobs to pay for my tuition and now she cannot understand why I chose social work instead of finance.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

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When survival has been the family currency, choosing meaning over money can feel like squandering the very security that sacrifice was meant to purchase.

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