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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I get the frustration. 
But I think you should still attend the graduation. Smile politely thru your high expectations. 
And smile politely when you tell him that he cannot move home unless there is a plan. 
Because it seems that the problem is that there is no plan.[/quote]

Where did I say I wouldn’t attend? I said there is simply nothing to celebrate. I’ll celebrate the job, not a piece of paper I paid for.[/quote]

OP, I hear you, but also... lots of kids drop out or take 5 years to graduate.
Yours did it in 4, that is a good first step.

From the writing style, I think you may be the parent whose kid is at an Ivy going through this.
If so, then let me reassure you - the system is still rigged enough that your kid will have a soft-ish landing despite not getting stellar grades or having a marketable specialty.
Try to be easy on the relationship as the child becomes fully indepdent of you financially (you will not continue sponsoring them, which is legit).  
You don't want to be shut out from their life 10 years from now.[/quote]

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