[quote=flu][quote=scaredyclassic]My fancy ivy league pedigree paid for by my folks made my mom very angry that I was sending my kid to SDSU. Hell I wouldn’t even let him apply anywhere expensive. She felt like I was being a cheapskate and not paying forward what I got.
The kid was cool with that. Kids are OK with some direction.
Prestige. Held me back in some ways. I should’ve been in a state school.[/quote]
I’m not quite sure why I went in hindsight. I guess I just wanted to get out of CA and try something different. In hindsight, probably not the smartest move for engineering.
Anyway, my kid decided she wanted to be a fashion designer and at one point wanted to be a professional cheerleader. I think we settled on fiction novelist for the time being.
So why I’m talking or worried about Ivy League school is beyond me…..
I guess karma is circling back around and paying me a visit despite all the things I say about how great STEMs should be for kids…lol….
Ai-Yah![/quote]
Your daughter’s aspirations (even though I realize she’s still very young) remind me of the conversations many parents today are having, even with older kids.
Many of the kids today don’t really want to get “real jobs,” and they don’t realize the competition for “dream jobs” is extreme.
My wife runs into the heirs of tech moguls in Hollywood all the time who are immersed in the business–developing/bidding on projects, etc.–and want to be as far away from tech or the way their parents made their money as they can possibly get.
Again, connections prevail, that completely shut out many other very capable individuals. This seems to be holding true in many professions, other than entertainment.
Then, of course, professions that may be “hot” today may not be when kids graduate from college. Again, variables so numerous, that choosing a profession has almost become like throwing darts at a dartboard.
Hopefully, as their kids get older, parents will level with them concerning the realities they will be facing in life.
