What would your parents say?

This week during American Studies, we have been talking about mythology and identity, and what we were raised to be and what is expected of us, and does it matter where you come from. I thought about this question a lot. Someone in the class said that money is everything and that is what our parents have been teaching us, and that we have to have a lot of money in our future. I do not think that this is correct. I think that one of the biggest things that is important to your parents is that their children do what makes them happy. I am at the stage of starting to think about college, and it is a big decision, and I thought of what it would be like if I decided not going to college, and what my parents would say. I told my dad that I don't want to go to college and he said that's fine, as long as you do something that you can be successful in. I think that being successful is one of the big ideas of what we are meant to do. You can be successful in many ways, you could be poor and be successful, and have a lot of money and be successful. I do not think that all of our parents are saying is that you have to go to college, then grad school, and then get a job and work your way up to CEO. I think that we all chose our own destiny, and that our parents can not brain wash us with all that is important is to have lots of money. What do you think, and what do you think your parents would say?