What do you mean, "just a homemaker"? "I can't see the point of staying in school - all I really want out of life is to get married and have children." How sad to hear this comment from a girl in her early teens. She is choosing a noble profession, but does she even begin to realize what she is saying? In essence it is, "I'm going to start on this challenging lifelong career without preparing for it." A frightening statement. This is a frightening statement when you consider that much of the happiness and welfare of her family is going to rest on her shoulders. If she neglects her education now, she will have to depend on know-how gained mostly by hit-and-miss methods.
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