Ursula

I'm not sure about invisible; maybe lurking deep down somewhere, maybe depending upon one's course of study. Those of us who took classes with Marge Murphy were certainly reminded of this very luxury, in any case. I'd read the Times article when it came out and struggled over what to make of it (let's ignore the "three examples makes a trend" skepticism, anyway), and so I liked Tim Burke's piece a lot. It definitely put things into perspective for me--I mean, even though I don't plan to ever be a "full-time" mother with no career aspirations, running a printshop is just the same as being a stay-at-home mom in terms of "using my education." It's messed me up a little bit, maybe especially because the three other members of my family to have gone to elite colleges all have/had powerful and/or academic-field-related careers. All women, too. Sometimes I wonder if there's something else I should be doing with my education and my Intellectual Abilities, but somehow I think that satisfaction of selflessness won't hold a candle to practicing my craft well, practicing other, secondary crafts well (hopefully many involving yeast!), reading the Times in the morning and running around with my dogs. Or whatever.

Oh, I don't know why I'm going on like this in your comments. Something resonates with me, I guess. Don't mind me. I just haven't gotten some of this stuff out yet, anywhere else.