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<p>I certainly do NOT favor lying and deceiving parents while taking their money for their education.</p>
<p>The point of my post was that economics and finance are an important of a political scientist’s toolkit. </p>
<p>So my point was that his parents’ insistence that he get exposure to economics and finance is actually quite a valid one. Cangel’s post made the same point.</p>
<p>I do NOT agree with Newmassdad’s recommendation that the OP hide his courses and grades from his parents.</p>
<p>Instead, I recommend that the OP should sit down with his parents, acknowledge that their suggestions that he learn economics and finance are indeed useful and that he should find a way to learn those subjects. Maybe the lectures and textbooks used in his college were ineffective for him, but there are many ways to approach the subject. </p>
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<p>Find good alternative texts and other resources, seek out good lecturers, find a good study group, take charge of your learning! </p>
<p>If you’re worried about grades because of concerns about law school, consider auditing the prereqs for the learning experience. Your summer internship in finance is potentially an ideal on-the-job-no-grades opportunity to learn. </p>
<p>Accounting isn’t brain surgery–you can learn it on your own with a self-study workbook. You don’t need to learn enough accounting to BE a CPA, just enough accounting to read balance sheets and income statements and to have an intelligent conversation with the green-eyeshade folks. </p>
<p>Get in the habit of reading the Economist and the Wall Street Journal. There’s plenty of interesting stuff in those publications.</p>