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Navigating Pressure and Pursuing Passion
The chapter explores the pressure faced by a young woman from an ethnic background growing up in the UK to pursue academic paths like medicine, accounting, and nursing. Despite finding a passion for subjects like Latin, art, classics, and history, she felt obligated to study medicine. The speaker reflects on the discipline instilled in her by her parents and the importance of being independent and not relying on a man.