Current Connection 3.2

     I received the information for this current connection from the article "Men in Nursing".
     Fighting against stereotypes can be a very difficult thing to do. So difficult that because of it, it has started to "affect the mindset and the efficacy of male nurses". Beyond fighting against stereotypes and society sometimes people even have to go against their family just to do what they want. It talks about one situation in the article where "a male named Luke that had to face his family's disappointment that he wasn't going the MD route" but Luke still went through with it even with his family against him and became "the best L & D nurse one could want".
     I've seen someone close to me go through this same thing, my neighbor and close family friend, Justin. His parents wanted with all their hearts for him to become a doctor but it just wasn't what he wanted to do. So they stopped paying for his college. Still, he went through and took out a few student loans and made it through and now is the male nurse he always wanted to be.
      Familys need to support each other through everything, even on things they don't agree on. I'm sure now that Luke and Justin both went through with and finished what they wanted to do, their parents probably wish they would have helped. So they could say that they were apart of what their children accomplished.