Parents pressuring sister to major in "something useful".

Dad_of_3
Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:44:05 +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.

Ditto. And it doesn’t have to be something she’s passionate about - just something she doesn’t hate. Lots of people have jobs not because they enjoy it, but because it pays the bills for things the enjoy doing. If five/ten years later she finds her real interest, then she can invest in education rather than sink a lot of time and money now on something she isn’t very excited about.

The other thing I didn’t understand (I confess I didn’t read the whole thread) - I thought she liked watching movies - I don’t see this directly correlated to film studies. It’s like I may like to eat fine food, but don’t have any interest in being in the culinary industry.