Tell me if this seems like a hypocrite.

Jesus · 01-13-2008, 06:41 PM

Say someone gets through college and has their bachelor's then does a year of law school deciding to stop because he doesn't like it anymore. Yes he's in debt but is okay with just a bachelor's in english. Your mom previously said she's proud of whatever her kids do but after finding out her son is gonna drop out decides that his son is stupid and is practically forcing him to finish up his next two years because "he can get great jobs with it". He says he doesn't like it, but she's angry because his son is "giving up" and calls him stupid and stuff like that. What do you say to a mother who acts like that? Should he finish?

This happened to a friend of mine.

***Cosmonautical*** · 01-15-2008, 03:20 AM

That sounds like a pretty common scenario. Parents can be incredibly immature, and I find that most of the people from my generation who're having children are just not with it.

***Ace Mercury*** · 01-15-2008, 11:20 AM

I find nothing hypocritical about it though. She wants her son to go through grad school, so she tells him. =\

Well the recourse is either take her advice, which isn't terrible advice on its own, or move out and live your own life. If he can find a good job without his grad school degree, that quells most arguments.

Wyborn · 01-15-2008, 11:47 AM

Yeah, I don't see anything inherently hypocritical about saying "Gee, you're dropping out of law school? That seems a bad decision."

Jesus · 01-15-2008, 01:28 PM

She said she'd be glad with whatever he wants to do, so if he decides he doesn't want to be in law anymore, why should she be so upset and telling him he won't make it with just a bachelor's?

Wyborn · 01-15-2008, 01:31 PM

Because he's potentially throwing away a better life for himself.

You're not providing context for the "happy with whatever you do" thing, either.

Jesus · 01-15-2008, 01:42 PM

If you find out you are truely unhappy with something you know you don't want to do in life midway, isn't it a good thing to stop that before you end up having to pay off 400,000 in tuition when you know you dont want to get into law and rather something else? Not to mention you are already 200,000 in debt from before.

***CaptHayfever*** · 01-15-2008, 11:34 PM

I think she would've been fine if he had never planned to go to law school; it's the quitting that has her upset.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Dizzy · 01-16-2008, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wariovswario

This happened to a friend of mine.

When you say, "friend of mine", do you actually mean a friend of yours or do you mean you?

Jesus · 01-16-2008, 07:04 AM

^No it isn't me (i'm only 19) but it is someone that I know personally.

Erdawn Il Deus · 03-19-2008, 12:14 AM

Join the army.

01-13-2008, 06:41 PM	#1
Jesus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 5,617 Thanks: 104 Thanked 139 Times in 101 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Tell me if this seems like a hypocrite. Say someone gets through college and has their bachelor's then does a year of law school deciding to stop because he doesn't like it anymore. Yes he's in debt but is okay with just a bachelor's in english. Your mom previously said she's proud of whatever her kids do but after finding out her son is gonna drop out decides that his son is stupid and is practically forcing him to finish up his next two years because "he can get great jobs with it". He says he doesn't like it, but she's angry because his son is "giving up" and calls him stupid and stuff like that. What do you say to a mother who acts like that? Should he finish? This happened to a friend of mine.

01-15-2008, 03:20 AM	#2
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	That sounds like a pretty common scenario. Parents can be incredibly immature, and I find that most of the people from my generation who're having children are just not with it.

01-15-2008, 11:20 AM	#3
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I find nothing hypocritical about it though. She wants her son to go through grad school, so she tells him. =\ Well the recourse is either take her advice, which isn't terrible advice on its own, or move out and live your own life. If he can find a good job without his grad school degree, that quells most arguments.

01-15-2008, 11:47 AM	#4
Wyborn Zelda Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,388 Thanks: 87 Thanked 469 Times in 281 Posts	Yeah, I don't see anything inherently hypocritical about saying "Gee, you're dropping out of law school? That seems a bad decision."

01-15-2008, 01:28 PM	#5
Jesus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 5,617 Thanks: 104 Thanked 139 Times in 101 Posts Blog Entries: 3	She said she'd be glad with whatever he wants to do, so if he decides he doesn't want to be in law anymore, why should she be so upset and telling him he won't make it with just a bachelor's?

01-15-2008, 01:31 PM	#6
Wyborn Zelda Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,388 Thanks: 87 Thanked 469 Times in 281 Posts	Because he's potentially throwing away a better life for himself. You're not providing context for the "happy with whatever you do" thing, either.

01-15-2008, 01:42 PM	#7
Jesus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 5,617 Thanks: 104 Thanked 139 Times in 101 Posts Blog Entries: 3	If you find out you are truely unhappy with something you know you don't want to do in life midway, isn't it a good thing to stop that before you end up having to pay off 400,000 in tuition when you know you dont want to get into law and rather something else? Not to mention you are already 200,000 in debt from before.

01-15-2008, 11:34 PM	#8
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	I think she would've been fine if he had never planned to go to law school; it's the quitting that has her upset. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

01-16-2008, 07:04 AM	#10
Jesus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 5,617 Thanks: 104 Thanked 139 Times in 101 Posts Blog Entries: 3	^No it isn't me (i'm only 19) but it is someone that I know personally.

03-19-2008, 12:14 AM	#11
Erdawn Il Deus Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Threading the jeweled thrones of earth under my sandalled feet Gender: Posts: 3,056 Thanks: 4 Thanked 47 Times in 41 Posts	Join the army.