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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Why do you equate choosing a different less career oriented path as "shirking a challenge"? I really hope my daughter decides to go the doctor route, but I won't pressure her into it. Especially when I know that being a P.A. is a great profession. It also suits her personality more.

re: the free time sacrifice. That's HUGELY important for me. I do not live to work. I value my leisure time. I'm always looking for an excuse for a vacation.  "

We are talking about why AAs aren't as ambitious as Caucasians. That's the context. If you aim to be a PA instead of an MD, you are not as ambitious.[/quote]

I disagree completely. They each have different roles that might suit a person's interest.

While I might want to be a police officer, I might not want to be a Captain and/or detective.
While I might want to be a teacher, I might not want to be a Professor and/or Principal.
While I might want to be a nurse, I might not want to be a doctor.

Has nothing to do with ambition.

BTW, in case you didn't know not all white people are ambitious and there are plenty of black people that are more ambitious than whites. [/quote]

This is a very good point.  But it also raises questions about "blacks being left behind" in the same way that pay disparities between white men and women do. Why aren't there many female/black CEOs? Perhaps it's because wanting to become a CEO is a pathology. Maybe we should be trying to cure white men of wanting to be CEOs.  :)[/quote]

Pay disparity is only a problem when the pay isn't equal for similar and/or same positions.

Also, I'm okay with finishing up at a mid-level professional place, career-wise. Not interested in the time commitment of dedicating myself to an executive-level career. [/quote]

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