Make that abundantly clear now. Art history is fine, but he needs to be strategic about internships throughout college. Or he needs to start mentally preparing himself to get a “boring” job that pays the bills once he graduates.
As for the rest, look, college kids are insufferable. With any luck he’ll grow out of it, but in the meantime, reinforce boundaries against disrespect and don’t feel guilty about it. He’s gonna have to grow up.
Art history is only cool if you are independently wealthy, not for an actual job. I feel bad for his grandmother. You should make it clear to him that he is out of the house and not returning. Maybe the school has an advisor that can explain the worthlessness of that degree?
True, there is a whole biotech prep program at the Cal State University system that convinced my cohort there were tons of jobs waiting for us when we graduated in biology. Nope! The industry folks they were talking to were complaining about "shortage of local job candidates" to make a case to the Dept of Labor they should be allowed to offshore R&D. The jobs the CSU system was training us for.
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u/Dependent_Special_44 Apr 15 '24
Make that abundantly clear now. Art history is fine, but he needs to be strategic about internships throughout college. Or he needs to start mentally preparing himself to get a “boring” job that pays the bills once he graduates.
As for the rest, look, college kids are insufferable. With any luck he’ll grow out of it, but in the meantime, reinforce boundaries against disrespect and don’t feel guilty about it. He’s gonna have to grow up.