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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a great idea for him to work for a couple years and then evaluate whether he needs additional education to achieve his goals. Too many young people rush into advanced degrees.[/quote]Welcome to the emerging 20s. I worked as a secretary for a couple of years while I was figuring out what I wanted to do and I went back to get a PhD.  Dd worked as a front desk associate at a hotel and in telephone sales before she figured out she wanted to get a masters in higher ed admin.  Yes, it's possible that your kid could just get a retail clerk job and try to coast the rest of his life.  It's also possible that he has to figure out what he wants to do first and then go about doing it.

Back in my day, people went to law school because they didn't know what else to do with their lives but they didn't necessarily want to be lawyers.  Can you imagine paying for graduate education now - when your kid isn't really sure they want it and could end up dropping out anyway?  My dd was not an enthusiastic college student which affected her ability to get into a good grad school.  She now loves grad school and is doing really, really well.  Knowing that this is what she needed to succeed in the field gave her the tenacity to get into school and work hard at it.  But if she had gone right after undergrad?  Well, that would probably be thousands of dollars down the drain.

I know you're worried about your kid.  I would be too if he told me that.  But don't assume that this is going to end badly.  It's probably just a phase of his adult development.[/quote]

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