Each generation of a family wants to build a better life for their children. They want to see their sons and daughters carve out a little more success than they had themselves.
In America, success is often portrayed as a single pathway: study hard, get good grades, go to college, graduate, and get a white-collar desk job that supports your family and funds the mortgage of your dream home with the white picket fence. Well, as a 2024 high school graduate, I’m not buying the picket fence. I’m building the picket fence—and defining success on my own terms.
