IT_Girl_25

My grandmother just doesn't understand why Black people would want to educate themselves. She did go to beautician school but she didn't have the guts to practice and instead ended up doing work like nurse aid , janitorial work & factory work. So I think its a mixture of her fears for herself crossing over to me like maybe she thinks I will fail or it will make it harder for me to get employed in my field. She also doesn't understand computers at all and I'm going into an IT program. I really don't think its specifically to hurt me though it does hurt . Thanks everyone for the comments.

Anybody else have that one family member that is really negative about you pursuing higher education? I purposely did not tell my grandmother who I currently live with that I was about to start grad school next month. She found out on Facebook and comes to me and says " I saw that you had started school on facebook." I reply " No,not really I'm just taking some graduate classes." Her response is " Oh, so you want to jump in some more debt?" I turned around in my seat and didn't respond to her. Anyone else have an anti-education person in your life that you can't escape? How do you deal with them? My grandmother had a problem with me getting my Bachelors and now she has a problem with me getting my Masters. I will be the first one in our family I feel like they should be more supportive.