But alas! It is the tragedy of many that it is not so. "lam in college, 30. is" my brother. Parents believe. in equal education [for boys and girls. "I'am happy in college but Ido. mot like #0 go: home, because my relatives always come' and tell father, in my. very presence, that itis of no use. to five high education to girls, th fole wasting his money on fas one git It is a problem.
"I am happy, Lam studying. like a boy. Father believes in. giving qual education to his sons' and daughters, but, 1 am not treated likes my brother. "At home there still the same old superstition that boys are more precious shan Taow' ace why "they "are Fivite, me this education, If is in ttle things that they make me feel like an imbecile." And. then there are the "other" problems of oneubines and educated daughters-ung. China is happy in neither her political nor her social problems. Schools and colleges. are" turning out products which fit into society badly as the rial square round hole, One idealist says,""We must fight. We raggle." That. is the young each person wishing to express elf no matter what opposition he meets. Many young men and and have more to walk in a rut, Romances that started in colleges have turned fut many. happy. small families ith "working. Wisbands and. work Ing wives, the family. Ys. indeed Undergoing changes which, "were they happening sin the political arena, would "cause a revolution. However, a. state has come. ome pices, where the Dex has "1 have no mind to go home after graduation," says one girl, fairly" representing the others, "Why? Because I want. to be Ju: dependent: You see, if T go home Tean't be, I don't want always to bbe depending "on the family. want to be away from home, Many girls Whose homes onset quiet Memo tte here else wish t ein [where else—even to Ningpo or Soo-hove—Just so that they' can live their own lives. It is not independence"" og "individualism, 'The Chinese family which has. a ways submerged. the' individual is producing its natural results. It many are living in "Y's and is easier for boys to Jeave home—groups in boarding houses-—but it fs not so with girls. It is "not so nice" inthe first place, and' then, of course, a gid has tobe married off. "Actually, a college "graduate not unbound. "Therefore, what any' girls do is to make sure of job in one place, go home for a {few months" holiday, and. then return to the arranged position, {There may be some disturbing signs, but these. college graduates fare not ungrateful nor unruly peo ple, they realize that they are their Patents) greatest investments, but then, even in, real business fvestments, the returns are not always
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