Claudie Worth

Student

“From what I see, it’s always the strongest who do well. The poor always suffer.”

Her kids are squealing with delight in the background. “We just came from swimming practice,” says Claudie Worth in the soft lilt of her native French. “And one of them now is pulling on the telephone cord. Ah, but I am the stronger!” she says with a laugh.

Claudie’s road to SMC began with a vacation in California years ago. “And then, when I came back again to visit my friend, she set me up with a blind date,” she recalls. “And now I’ve been married to that blind date for nine years.” She acknowledges that the French do have a certain flair for romance. “But the Americans are not so bad with it either.”

Claudie is currently studying “all the options available” for a new career launch. “I was a pastry chef and had reached the maximum of what I could be paid,” she says. “So I want to find a balance; to make a career that will let me spend time with my kids. So I’m taking Maggie LeDuc’s class in Human Development,” she says. “And she is so enthusiastic and prepared. She has given us all five pounds of reading, at least.”

Claudie feels that a non-traditional field may provide her with the challenge she needs in her life. “I think engineering will be good for me because I would like to compete in the kind of work that is usually male-oriented.” But then, changing the stereotypes of society in general is something Claudie feels very passionately about.

“There’s so much that needs changing,” she says. “Healthcare. Politics. In France,” she adds, “people feel that their country truly belongs to them. Here, there are only two parties. Only two!”

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