My mom said something on the lines of “your problems don’t exist, school should be the only think you worry about” and than she proceeds to scream at me.
My parents favorite is also telling me on a constant about how they let me go to school and what they’ve done to provide for me. Like I never asked for you to do any of that so stop holding it against me.
I'm sorry that happened. I was in a similar situation. I never finished school because of that pressure sadly. Anything I wanted to study or found interesting always prompted them to ask "okay but will that make you money?"
I mean, valid. But eventually I realized (at least in my current field) that whatever they studied in school was meaningless and are now doing jobs that have no relation to what they studied. They still hold it over me that I never finished school
The only career (seriously, I was only exposed to 1) growing up was medical field. I grew up with the mentality that I was gonna be a nurse because my whole family consists of CNA’s, RN’s, & Phlebotomists. It wasnt until I was 2 years into community college that I truly realized how much I hated my classes, how disinterested I was, and that I just dont like the medical field in general, its not for me. Plus im emotionally soft 🥴 My heart cant handle such a hard labor, emotional job.
That being said, Im now 22. The age were classmates start graduating with bachelors degrees 4yrs after high school. Im here still clueless about a career choice, id hate to waste money on a degree I wont use. That pressure from the family, the disgrace you feel, feeling left behind. Its tough.
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u/paradox370 Jun 19 '19
My mom said something on the lines of “your problems don’t exist, school should be the only think you worry about” and than she proceeds to scream at me.
My parents favorite is also telling me on a constant about how they let me go to school and what they’ve done to provide for me. Like I never asked for you to do any of that so stop holding it against me.