Parents pressuring sister to major in "something useful".

starbright
Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:15:34 +0000

Not everyone should be going to college. She might be one of them. She might be far far better served going to a technical school- learning to be a specialized technician in healthcare, a set designer, a plumber, an EMT, a photographer, a…fill in the blank after she does some career counselling.

She does not sound academically interested nor inclined so the only value here in her going to college is your parents ego or false sense of security. If they want her to do something ‘practical’ it would make way more sense for her to earn an associates degree or a diploma in something that IS career related.

There are tons of ‘post-secondary’ ways to a better life and interesting job than getting a university degree! I think it is such a shame we do not place the same value on those venues and we should.