I have 3 daughters, only two are now alive. One of them, (the middle girl) went on to higher education, and of course we were very proud of her because she did it all on her own without any kind of financial help from us (other then books)
I told the girls, IF they wanted to pursue a higher education, we would help them out, but only this one decided to do so. The other two became wives and moms but still worked outside the home now and then (mostly volunteerism, as our family has a strong history of volunteering)
The middle daughter who sought out the higher ed after high school in a local community college for four years, had always been interested in helping those with AIDS back when it was a horror to even so contemplate doing so.
Life has a way of happening while you are doing something else the saying goes. For her, I recall the evening in her junior year she hadn't done an assignment, and I was going to the local library. I asked her if she wanted a book because we both read a lot in our home.
She said "yes, anything short because I forgot this assignment and its due tomorrow or Monday. Perhaps it was Sat. evening when I went.,
I looked for the newer books and found one written by a boy named Ryan White. Yes, it turned out to be "the" Ryan White of Elton John/Aids fame that was yet to happen. Ryan had written a bio about how he contracted Aids through an infected needle, and he wanted to help inform other kids what to expect in social circles, school.
She devoured that book, and took a State prize that year from the newly formed Gov's task force for Aids. (I still have that certificate from school in my closet)
Long story short. Besides working for the Police Dept. (she liked that too), volunteering as a teenager on long rides at night patrol; when she moved with us to the west, she worked on Radio reading to the blind. After that she went back to ASU, got her degree all while working at a non-profit Aids program in town. After that she worked for the Police Dept. then again with the Aids for the State when ACA (Obamacare) was passed and she had to meet with the DC officials who came into town to start the program in the prisons, changing everything around.
You know what they say? What goes around comes around?
Guess whose Federal Grant block, (a larger money grant) she was given protocol to be in charge of for Phoenix during this time? The mother of Ryan White, who my daughter got to know during this time. Ryan, her son; was long dead but not forgotten. And it all started from a seed, a kernel from a library book that grew.
We taught our daughters to be as independent minded as we are.
School or no school, it was up to them. One does not need school to learn if one has an exercised brain and loves to be self-taught. However, as with this daughter, the College Master's degree moved her up throughout the State into a more lucrative medical field today. Thats good, because she supports the guy (significant other)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_White
https://hab.hrsa.gov/about-ryan-white-hivaids-program/about-ryan-white-hivaids-program
Over the last 28 years, HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program has played a critical role in the United States’ public health response to HIV. The Program serves as an important source of ongoing access to HIV medication that can enable people living with HIV to live close to normal lifespans. In 2017, 85.9 percent of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program clients were virally suppressed, exceeding the national average of 59.8 percent.
First authorized in 1990, the Program is funded at $2.34 billion in fiscal year 2018. The Program is administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB).
Here is Ryan White's natal chart if anyone wants to see it. I was expecting to see Fomalhaut (in Pisces 1st decan Persian star) because of the fame of his name living on, long after he is gone....
As it turns out, his Sun in Sag (ruler Jupiter) is square Mars in Pisces
https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/White,_Ryan