Oui with the Poodles already.

You'd think my family was half Jewish. With the guilt trips and the talking over each other all the time and the food....oh wait, that's just cause we're Greek. Only the 2nd person in my family to go to a private Christian college and you think they'd be excited for me and encouraging. Instead they rap on me for how expensive it is. Valedictorian and you think they would brag about my education at a title I inner-city school. Instead, they hound me for taking college classes my senior year and how the money being spent for an EDUCATION that to their standards isn't conducive to my future.What does it matter? I'm learning. I'm never going to stop learning as much as my little brain can handle. It's who I am, it's how God made me. And one day, Lord willing, I'll pay my parents back. Lord knows they deserve everything I have. It's not like I take that for granted. Trust me, I don't. I just wish you'd be proud of me sometimes for being brave enough to do stuff our parents never did. You know how it is. That's what you've done, and you've done a great job at it. So why so hard on me? You tell me one school isn't good enough intellectually, you say another school is too good for me. What do you want me to do? I'm choosing what will benefit me and the rest of the world the most in the long-run. I love you but I can't let you stop me from fulfilling all that God has for me. These are not decisions made on a whim. And your support would be greatly appreciated. You may upset me sometimes, but I still love you. And I'll always be proud of you.