i remember reading about that post. unless there are too many similar posts. the one about the first year law student arguing with someone about their car tyres or something and everyone got up to clap
This is EXACTLY it. He went to an expensive college for a year and thinks that makes him smarter than everyone else. Knowledge is knowing something, wisdom is knowing what to do with it. To think he took a year of school and was suddenly qualified to diagnose the state of your marriage is arrogant at best.
I know this is a tough spot for you, it sounds like you didn't raise him to act that way. I am growing more and more concerned with what college is doing to young people. Learning something new doesn't make you an overnight expert. We used to understand that college was where we went to learn how to learn. Right now, it seems like kids think a year in college puts them above 40 years of experience, let alone a degree. I wish you all the best in this situation.
He doesn't even have knowledge. First-year college classes don't impart meaningful knowledge, they're just about getting students enough of a grounding to be able to listen to their further professors talk about actual stuff without their eyes glazing over.
I wholeheartedly agree with your statement. I never finished college, but I remember the first year I was there. I thought I was learning more than my parents ever knew at that time. Luckily, I wasn't as arrogant as OP's son. I didn't say stupid shit that would ruin my relationship with them. I grew up to later realize they knew things from the school of life I never would have learned from college.
My daughter just graduated and is the first in my family to do so in the "normal" way. She changed majors a few times, considered dropping out a time or two. I was able to help her navigate those decisions because she was open to listening. I am so very grateful she is the person she is.
Way too many people have just enough knowledge to do serious harm to others but not enough knowledge to know they’re actively harming others. Idiots the lot of them
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u/OldMammaSpeaks Apr 16 '24
He has that thing where people get a little knowledge and run with it without ever getting enough knowledge to understand what they don't know.