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I fed them a speech explaining how great this would be for all of us and quickly moved on, thinking I had done the right thing as a protective mother. The next day, the school called: Eight-year-old Carlie was upset, and the teacher asked if I could come in.
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Carlie tells me you're leaving your job, and she's very upset.
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That's a good thing, right? It's a good thing because we'll get time together. No more rushing. No more missing your events. No more job!
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But Mommy, you love it so much! I don't want you to have to leave your job.
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That moment was the first time I truly cried about what had happened to me, to us. I realized it would be OK to mourn together, to be angry together, to be discouraged together, and to be honest with each other.
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A fundamental lesson on being fired: Never lie about it ... job loss is an opportunity to show them what you are made of.
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If kids could not borrow money to go to school, they could not pay these prices. Nobody would be going
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We used to deny it was even a good question. We don't do that anymore.
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Would the colleges really just shut down and say we have no business?
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Even if they did go bankrupt, somebody else would come in and buy that university and operate it at a much lower cost
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