This is my entry for the #BeautifulSunday challenge, initiated by @ace108. Thanks, my friend!
And I'm also posting today inspired by #SublimeSunday, a tag from @c0ff33a! Thanks!
Today I'm writing about a different matter I use to on this challenge. I'm writing about a personal matter. Happiness!
And a Victory!
A Beautiful and Sublime victory I'm telling you about this Sunday!
As some of you may know by now, I have a son and a daughter. He's 23 and if finishing Vet school, but wants to be a musician.
She's 20 and for a long while ago she wanted to be a doctor. She wants to be a plastic surgeon (a good investment for me... I wanna be her guinea pig ;)).
In Portugal, where they both live and study, it's almost a miracle to apply and get admitted to the Medicine college. Corporative interests, they say. The Medical professionals bar also involved, they say. I don't know the reasons, but the truth is that, in a 0-20 grade system, you can't even dream about entering the Med school if you have a grade under 18. There are no private colleges. Then, only a few students get those grades and graduate. And Portugal ends up hiring foreigner doctors, mainly Spanish.
My daughter ended secondary school with grade 18, but the admission examinations are surreal and she has been trying, in the last 2 years, to raise her final grade (17,3) and be admitted. But at the same time, she was learning Spanish and, this year, she applied to several Med Colleges in Spain. And she made it! She was admitted in Barcelona, Salamanca, Santiago de Compostela, and Badajoz.
She chose Salamanca, the oldest and one of the most prestigious Universities in Spain - 800 years old! She's starting in September and is so excited about it! She went there to know the city and fell in love with it! And I know that, now, I will start to go there more often!
I love my country, but in this matter, I truly question its strategy. How come a country affords to treat like "garbage" 17,3-grade's students, high potential future professionals that end up dynamizing the economy of other countries while studying and, eventually, will stay there as professionals and contribute to making those countries richer and even more qualified? While has to hire foreigner doctors, as, in Portugal, there aren't enough doctors for the country's needs?
I don't get it.
But never mind now! I'm happy! She did it! She's a winner!
Thanks for reading and supporting me as a proud mother, my friends!
Be blessed and have a wonderful week ahead!
Thanks, @ace108 and @c0ff33a :)
Have a great Sunday, my friends!
Hippiesoul @nolasco
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Thanks so much, @daveks, what an honor! I've visited, upped and resteemed! This means a lot to me! have a wonderful week ahead!
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this is amazing. Amazing colours and great composition ! awesome place!!
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Thanks so much, I'm happy you liked it, @ykdesign!
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Amazing photography
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Thanks, my friend!
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You welcome
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Great news. Congratulations. Free medical treatment for me yay.
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Ehehe, a doctor is always a good asset, indeed! Thanks so much, my friend!
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Fotos impressionantes! Parabéns para tua filha!
Abraços!
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Muito obrigada, Manuel, que amável! abraços de volta e desejos de uma semana muito feliz!
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Thanks, my dear Pix!
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That's a strange situation @nolasco but not unusual I think. Goverments the world over make ridiculous policies.
So nice to hear more of your family and congratulations to you daughter.
I don't know much about Salamanca. I'll have to look it up! 😁
Beautiful photographs too.
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Indeed, Gillian, and Portugal has made catastrophic decisions in the Education sector in the last few decades. I hope things will change for the better. Thanks so much for your wishes, I'm so happy that she finally made it! She has entered Pharmaceuticals college but she never wanted to graduate in it!
Salamanca is a wooondeful old city, full of history and awesome architecture. Now I will go there more often ;). Thanks so much, sweetie!
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A strange situation but I think Singapore has import doctors too.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/number-of-foreign-doctors-rising-in-singapore-public-hospitals-and-polyclinics
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Indeed, my friend. Thanks for the link! I forwarded it to my daughter!
She loves Singapore, btw. Not East Timor. If I were in Singapore she would visit me more ;).
Have a wonderful week ahead!
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You're welcome.
We have the modern amenities but some things are lost along the way. :-)
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Yes... You're right my friend!
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Huge Congratulations!! You must be so proud! And I love that you will have a new city to go visit and take pictures of!
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Thanks so much, my dear Melinda! I'm proud, indeed :))).
And you know? I immediately thought about that, lol! Can't wait to visit her there!
Big hug, sweetie, have a blessed week!
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Wonderful writing. Happy for your daughter 👍 Yes, it's beautiful Sunday
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Thanks so much, my friend, your words mean a lot to me. Cheers to you, and have a wonderful week ahead!
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Awesome captures of the beautiful place and many many congratulations for your daughter @nolasco. God bless her.
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Thanks so much, my friend, your words fall deep into my heart! Glod bless yours too!
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beautiful photos.. I had to show my husband.
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Thanks kindly, I'm glad you liked (and hopefully your husband as well :)))))!
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Thanks so much, my friend, you're indeed the best!
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Congratulations on your daughter's success! And for the Spotlight... So well chosen by @daveks! Stunning photos, I love them! Instant-share :)
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Thanks so much, Keith, it was indeed a wonderful surprise! Happy for you being happy for me! Cheers, my friend!
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Que maravilha! Um beijinho grande para ti e para a Margarida! Brindemos ao futuro! Beijos, sem fim, minha querida! Muitas saudades!
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Isso mesmo, obrigada, minha querida linda! Beijos sem fim para ti com muitas saudades!
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Congratulations to your daughter!!What an absolute victory for her! She has done amazing things already!
I am so hapoy for her and if it rakes leaving the country, so be it. They can hire her back when she graduates at twicw the salary!
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Aw, thanks so much, my sweet Denise, I'm so happy for her! Thanks for your encouragement (and the tip), I will let her know! Big hug sweetie!
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Stunning photography, the orange colour in sky for the first photograph is incredible. And the red on the clouds for the third one, just amazing.
Quite a story to go with them, congratulations to your daughter - she worked hard and persistence has paid off - I hope she goes on to even greater things in the medical profession she has chosen.
Thank you for sharing this amazing post as your #SublimeSunday
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I'm the one who is grateful, my friend! You are always there for me! Thanks for the wishes for my daughter, they melt my heart!
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