The Academic's Dilemma: When Success Means Leaving Home
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Summary
A professor reflects on the phenomenon of 'brain drain' in rural communities, drawing from his personal experience of leaving his small Ohio hometown for an academic career in Pittsburgh. He explores the tension between wanting children to excel academically and the likelihood that success may lead them to move away from their hometowns, examining the emotional and social implications of this common pattern in American small towns.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledLike many small towns in America, my town knows 'brain drain' – all of my friends from high school who went to college (~30% of my class) now live elsewhere
Sometimes my hometown feels a million miles away, but it only takes two hours and fifty minutes for me to drive there from Pittsburgh
If my kids excel, will they move away?
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