How nice would it be to go back home and be a graduation guest speaker in my old school?
Okay, this is a hilarious dream. But I have this fantasy of being a guest speaker and imparting wisdom to those wide-eyed, naive high school graduates.
But I don't think this will happen anytime soon. I don't even think it will happen ever.
To be honest, I feel sad.
Not because I couldn't share my mega knowledge (I don't have one) nor my wisdom (not from me) but because of the fact that I wouldn't be able to realize that dream.
Why?
Because I am just a SAHM.
It's a sad fact that people don't think highly of SAHM's. I don't think you'd be labelled a success if you're just a SAHM.
And people who have become guest speakers in my town are those who are succesful in their field. I don't think they'd consider SAHM as a field of work, much less a work.
I don't think teachers or administrators from my school would want their high school graduates to listen to a former valedictorian who was full of promise back then but turned out to be a stay-at-home mom. I don't think they'd want a SAHM as a role model for their graduates even.
Oh, I am not bitter. I am just sad.
Sad for other SAHM's like me who are intellectually above average but continually struggle to fight condescending attitudes from everybody.
Sad that I won't be able to cross off that list in my dreams.
Of course even for some twist of event, they ask me to be a guest speaker I don't think I would accept.
I'd be a nervous wreck and I have absolutely no idea what to say.
Hahaha. What am I thinking here?
P.S. My two brothers are both successful businessmen but still haven't been invited yet (as far as I know) so I shouldn't really feel sad. Haha!
7 comments:
girl...pareho lang tayo! hahaha...i don't think i'd be invited also!
Hahaha!!! Pero baka pwede mag volunteer? LOL.
Hahahah...! pero dont say youre just a SAHM...basta ako proud sayo at para sa anak mo sinakripisyo mo ang iyong career...
Wag na kayong mag-emote dalawa ako nga di sad na di talaga maimbita as guest speaker eh' oh! hu...hu...hu' :-)
Hahaha! Well that makes three of us. Pero sabi ko nga baka pwede madaan sa volunteer?LOL
Neng, magdonate na lang tayo o di kaya magtayo ng scholarship chuva! hahahaha....i'm sure kukuhain tayo! pang-humanitarian grounds!
Hey, we sahms, if paid for our jobs get 95,000 a year! Aint we noble we do all our jobs for free? =D
And true, because we are intelligent we chose to stay at home with our kids and impart our knowledge to them ;-) I'd rather do that than be in an office but wonder how my kids are doing while am away...but they'd eventually grow up and you can have that time to start your career if you still want to.
^^ Hi! Thanks for the nice comment above.
Being a SAHM is hard work! So I guess 95,000 is not enough *wide grin*
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