![]() She understood that going to graduate school and learning was a good thing, regardless of whether it was precisely the subject she preferred.Īrthur: “She was playing The Long Game long before your book on the subject came out!Ĭlark: Yes, she was. Mama had preferences and she expressed them, but at the end of the day she was willing to accede to my judgment. In acting that way they relate to their own idea of success, rather than relating to the actual child they’ve been raising. Some parents have such a fixed idea of what success should look like for their kids, and they can become dogmatic about it. ![]() However, when I was adamant, she didn’t press it and she got behind the choice that I made. She absolutely did not understand why I wanted to go to divinity school for my Master’s degree, and thought it would be far better for me to go to Law School instead. What else?Ĭlark: Let’s look a few years ahead to the divinity school story: Mama is someone who has always been professionally supportive of me. ![]() ![]() Arthur: So far you seem to be responding well to your mother’s example. ![]()
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