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On (Not) Learning to Drive, Gender, and Failure

October 17, 2020October 17, 2020Leave a comment

Driving was seen as a huge deal when I was growing up in the UK. For my sister, who got her licence at seventeen, driving was a crucial part of her fledging independence from the family home. My brother picked his licence up later in life, at the age of 25, once he realised it … Continue reading On (Not) Learning to Drive, Gender, and Failure

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"Ever since I entered university, the recurring joke of my life has been that there is no way I’ll ever get a job. I’m an arts kid, so that means that instead of choosing between the thousands of job prospects that are readily available to my friends in commerce degrees, the jobs I’ll choose between are the one at McDonald’s and the one at Hungry Jacks." Andrea Septién Uribe breaks down the assumption that Arts students are unemployable, giving hope to those who may be feeling discouraged to follow their passions. Read at the link in bio.
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