The horrors! Piercings and tattoos are *so* vitally important for todays job market, especially in sales.
Exactly what I tell my own Offspring. The day they can't bear the constraints of living in our house, they are welcome to leave. They may take whatever they personally own and our best wishes. "Write when you find work."
The horrors! Piercings and tattoos are *so* vitally important for todays job market, especially in sales.
....commitment....responsibility..... servitude..
. NO WAY
Given the outrageous costs and marxist climate at most of today's campuses, many would take issue with said 'wisdom'.
This country will ALWAYS need people who know how to make things work.
Most $150,000 BAs are today's equivalent of a HS diploma, and often worth about as much to the marketplace as a landscaper's assistant.
Tattoos and piercings so early in the discussion is the obvious clue that this is really the issue, not the rest. Just like when a Libertarian wants to tell you seriously about the virtues of their cause and the first thing they zero in on is marijuana or the War on Drugs. That’s a dead giveaway that all they *really* want is to have their dope legally and the rest is all window dressing to disguise their addiction.
For the life of me, the only thing my brain sees when I notice tattoos and exorbitant piercings is “lemming, lemming, don’t hire, don’t hire”. Sorry. I see no creativity or self-expression. I just see a moron who wants to be a human pincushion. Mom and Dad are wise to tell her no.
Yikes. My kids get their college paid by us and and we treat them like adults. But then they have behaved like adults since we civilized them. That is bad advice. If that one was mine it would be headed for the military or a job until It could be treated as an adult.
My 22 year year old daughter, who is in college, recently decided to make a big girl decision, in spite of our family SOP.
I called her up an delivered to her an emancipation proclamation. In typical snow flake fashion she now thinks we hate her. Nope. She wants to take charge of her life, we are allowing that to happen.
Yeah you can quiet college anytime you want, the Marines are always looking for people like this 21 year old whipper snapper who knows it all, and can make decisions on thier own. The Marines need young whippers snappers like that, that is what makes the Marines so good. They just can’t wait to give this young 21 year old whipper snapper a whole new life complete with a fast pace new world view, and new type of fast pace education, free room and board, and a chance to travel the world while at it.(sarcasm alert)
Obviously the kid’s parent know a bit more about him that can be revealed in a letter to an advice column.
I put myself through college all by myself. Never got a penny from either parent. I also got to make all my own decisions.
Nobody is so blind as a child who refuses to see that her parents are just trying to protect her.
SAD ..!!
Some spoiled brat’s parents cut off her college funding she says it’s because she’s dating a black guy, so she put up a gofundme page to shame her parents, and idiots are paying for her college instead of her getting a JOB to pay for it. Grades must not be good enough for scholarships or grants.
I used to think that just about every kid could benefit from serving some time in the military. Most kids need to learn how to effectively conform to some extent.
The military now focuses on diversity, limiting some of the life improving benefits.
The notion that military service is a default, consolation prize, a fall back plan is wrongful in itself. “College” is not a superior track to maturity and self-realization. Often it’s far over priced, dogmatic, and, truthfully, destructive to one’s character. Military Recruiters are not out scouting for demented freaks. If one wants to be free and independent, then stand up and do what must be done. Otherwise, shut up and obey your benefactor.
He who pays the piper calls the tune.
We paid part of the college cost for three of our four children, but they all got student loans, which they were responsible to repay. They all earned Masters degrees, two in Education and one in Business Administration. The other child told us that if he went to college immediately after high school, it would be a waste of money, because he knew he would blow off courses that he did not like. So he went into the Navy. He served on submarines as a nuclear reactor operator, and is now a senior chief petty officer. He also has earned an MBA.