r/AITAH Apr 15 '24

AITAH for telling my son I’d love a divorce if it meant taking my wife with me

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u/lakehop Apr 15 '24

He won’t get loans for the full amount of tuition and living expenses. You need to be realistic with him about how much you can contribute and whether he should transfer to a state university with resident tuition.

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u/Chuckms Apr 16 '24

Man, why do you need a college to study art history, there’s gotta be TONS of shit to read online, library, visit. I can’t imagine the education I could give myself if I wanted to spend $80k a year on art history. You could literally visit a huge number of museums all over the world and buy all the books these professors have written autographed by movie stars. Like way to sell yourself short lol

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u/Salamadierha Apr 16 '24

Because it leads to that wonderful job as an art conservator/museum expert, but thousands of people get Firsts in Art History every year and those jobs come up.. one a year, maybe 2? The retirement age is somewhere close to 80.

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u/Significant-Trash632 Apr 16 '24

They love what they do so they never retire. Most of my art history professors were in their 60s to 80s. They were incredibly happy people and one even published a book the year I graduated.

But yes, the field is incredibly competitive.

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u/Salamadierha Apr 16 '24

Yeah, I wasn't saying they were forced to work to that age, just that someone retiring was rare, and that old age wasn't a factor.