stoutness that does not sit evenly on my body. And my mind sometimes needs
a great deal of resentment against everything around me, until understanding finally takes hold, and I recall the attention my mother has lavished upon me — but to no avail whatever. Guide me with your opinion, and my thanks.
S. S.
A — There is no cause for this despair; the field before you is wide, especially if you are under twenty. In any case, you must follow the advice of the specialists — and we see wonders from their experiments and their successes, above all their latest discovery of the benefit of vitamin B12 in this domain. But that this should drive you to despair is without any justification, and it may lead you to hateful nervous ailments that will carry off your rest and your contentment. So do not let your thoughts pile up in the direction of this defect; make of your intelligence that which compensates you for it.
Q — I have four children, two girls and two boys, and I have managed (despite my modest salary) to see to their education until they finished the secondary stage; and my daughter was the brilliant one at school. Now I am at a loss, for I know that the boy is the one to be counted upon to provide for the family, and I cannot afford to educate them all to a high level. Is it right that I should confine myself to educating the boy, and deprive my daughter — the most brilliant among them — of completing her studies?
A Civil Servant
A — There is no need for your hard thinking over the matter of your children's education. Schools and governments today provide abundant assistance, study loans, and other solutions, especially for those who succeed. So seize one of these forms of assistance, and
do not leave your daughter in the middle of the road. Perhaps a wider future awaits her.
Q — I used to travel from my town to another town for the sake of study. Last year I stopped at a certain point, having obtained the secondary certificate; and so this year I have had to stay at home in my town, although my nature inclines me — and I love from the depths of my heart — to work and to mix in social life. I love work of whatever kind, and this is the one thing my parents refuse me.
I suffer greatly from the torment of loneliness and desolation, and I chafe at this idle life of mine. For God's sake, guide me to a way that will deliver me from this constant torment.
A Tormented Girl
A — I see no cause for all this chafing and desolation. And
since you are a girl whose first duty is obedience to her parents, it is also every person's right to provide himself with inclinations and desires as his surroundings allow. You must first bring yourself to acknowledge the existing situation, and then strive to find satisfying solutions.
Where do you stand with reading? — through it, it is as if you passed into another world and lived it in all its states. And if you have the desire for more learning, then seek more: many a girl has attained a high degree of learning by correspondence, looking out upon a world teeming with knowledge, putting her talents to work and finding it there in her hands. Then call together the girls of your town to found a charitable association, or a social circle, to be a wholesome nucleus in which the aspirations of youth may meet for the good of society.
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