It will not only aspire less, but build less.
A Reading University study confirms previous research that children of parents with higher hopes do better academically than those whose parents aspire less.
This result can be traced back to the fact that women physicians aspire less often to an academic career than their male counterparts, findings that are also reported by other authors [ 3, 24, 25].
Compared to their male colleagues, female physicians are less advanced in their specialty qualification, are less prone to choosing prestigious surgical fields, have a mentor less often, more often work at small hospitals or in private practice, aspire less often to senior hospital or academic positions and consider part-time work more often.
That is, when dad believed in equality at home, and didn't unconsciously link women and housework, and actually did his share of the drudgery -- if all this was true, their daughters aspired to less stereotypical careers.
Pastoral is generally ironic, with the irony of one who aspires to less than he deserves, hoping he will be granted more.
Research also shows that greater involvement of loving, caring, non-violent fathers is good for children: daughters aspire to less traditional and potentially higher-paying jobs and boys do better in school.
While it's possible that those who aspire to less enjoy life more, I have no doubt that every generation of humanity has had its ass kicked by reality.
For a writer who aspired to nothing less ambitious than rewriting Milton's "Paradise Lost," translating the Grimms' fairy tales may seem like a frivolous diversion.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet For a writer who aspired to nothing less ambitious than rewriting Milton's "Paradise Lost," translating the Grimms' fairy tales may seem like a frivolous diversion.
