Daughter wants to give up?

ellemenope
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:26:05 +0000

But for now - it is not about “finding her dream career” it is about finishing a BA/BS degree in ANYTHING.



I do feel for you and your D. Our D had a similar experience in which her chosen major got difficult to the point where she didn’t think she’d be able to finish the degree and she was sure that she didn’t want to do research in that field anyways. Starting over in another major was not an option (we needed her out of school in 4 years–expensive school with a sibling coming up soon).

She was lucky in that she was able to talk to the assistant department head–like Robinsuesanders suggests.

He looked at her strengths and weaknesses and they were able to craft a schedule that included lots of classes in areas in which she was stronger. I’d look to graduate now and keep your options open for careers later.