talked to Mina in the morning to hear an update about her school at 3:23 she
texts me that she got accepted at UTD to do her Masters in criminology….
Way back in her high school, she watched every one of the NYPD shows, and I
watched most of the shows with her. We had a deal with the TV time, that each
one will take the turn and others will respect the turn. I have never liked
more than one TV in the household; we even debated that on my radio show with
Mina and Jeff. One TV keeps the family together, 2 TV’s breaks up the family.
Anyway, she dreamt of becoming the counselor (Vietnamese Doctor) in the show.
She went to junior academy at FBI and got her BS in psychology from UTD.
She has many names – I call her Mina most frequently, Jazzy when she is with
her friends and Jasmina at times. Her Middle name is Dilshad, that is my
sister’s name, when Mina was born, I was overwhelmed with her and
affectionately gave her my sisters name as her middle name, so I can call her
Dilshad once a while.
I am thrilled and simply overjoyed with her news! All I can think of is my
father and mother who would have been so proud of my girl. They were determined
to get their kids educated; my mother pulled me out of the field from becoming
a farmer. My Dad passed 7th grade and mother 4th grade, but they were both
ahead of their times; pluralistic in their attitudes and kind and gentle in
demeanor. My Dad went on to become the Mayor of the town and mom a leader among
the community.
By the way, she has made this on her own! She has her own goals… .. As a
father, I encouraged her to be herself … and her mother did the same. All we
wanted her to do was to get a Degree and I wanted her to have a master’s
degree. That’s gives everyone in my nucleus of family a Masters degree;
Yasmeen; MBBS (MD), Jeff (MS and JD), Fern (MS), Mina (MS) and me an MBA and
M.Com – I gave up on my PhD, Mina may pursue PhD. It’s my Dad’s dream come
true!
My son did his BS and MS in Accounting and Finance from UTD, and a JD from SMU.
My daughter in Law did her MS in Engineering from UTD. Wow, we are a UTD
family. May be I should look to teach Management Accounting or Business
management, or Pluralism in business and civil life.