I've earned a BA and was half way thru a Master's degree before I decided to pursue my real passion for nursing, and now that I am, I've never worked so hard in school and learned so much like I do now. I have ran into those comments where people think Nurses are dumb, the other day I was over my friend's house and she is also going to pursue nursing, her 2 yr. old daughter was playing with a stethescope and I said "oh look - Samantha wants to be a nurse" and she immediately snapped back and said - oh no - she's not going to be a nurse...SHE'S GOING TO BE A DOCTOR... I don't have kids yet, but i really hope that when i do, i don't want to live through my kids by making these comments....