<p>If you are not able to find the job you want in order to make enough to help your family, then the prospect of another year or two in school to get the background and qualifications you need shouldn’t be too difficult to do.</p>
<p>You are not coming across as very resourceful, clever or creative right now. Something is not right. And who cares what students at Penn may or may not think about the Econ dept. The opinion that matters is the one your desired employers may hold of it.</p>
<p>And I just realized what is not right. You sound very dependent and confused and immature. There is no crime in that and lots of kids aren’t emotionally ready for real life at the same age. A couple more years of school may do you good if you really start making the effort to be independent, courageous and mature.</p>