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<li><p>I want to major in Human Services and minor in Psychology. But my dad thinks that careers in human services and social work are dangerous. I want to be either a child abuse worker and help kids that have troubled homes find foster care or adoption, or a case worker and report and record on people in the hospital that have been injured, raped, etc. And my dad thinks that I'll always be in bad neighborhoods. But I told him that it doesn't matter where you live, child abuse can happen in any home, so I won't always be in bad neighborhoods.
But he really doesn't want me majoring in human services. </p></li>
<li><p>I'm currently at community college and I want to transfer to a university in the spring, but he doesn't want me to because he's scared that I won't like going to a university. Another reason is because he dropped out of college after his freshman year because of lack of motivation, and he doesn't want me making the same mistake. </p></li>
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<p>I am a decent student, and I don't think that money is a big problem, but do you think that any of this is fair? I don't want to go to college and major in something that I'm not interested in!</p>
<p>Is there any way you could adjust your schedule to meet - at least partially - your father’s demands while still accommodating your desires? </p>
<p>And if you’re at a community college, have you looked into options to liberate yourself financially from your parents? If you paid for your own schooling - I’ll take a gander here and assume it’s not ridiculously expensive - then could you dictate your own major?</p>
<p>Again, as I posted in your other thread, best of luck. :)</p>
<p>your major is a dead end job, sorry, but LAS majors are a bit of a joke. I would refuse to pay for my kids colleges as well if they asked to major in that.</p>
<p>Maybe you can make a compromise. It does not seem that he has a specific major in mind for you and with your interests I believe you can tweak your goals to satisfy your father and still remain interested.</p>
<p>I think social work is great, I could never do it, I don’t think I’m strong enough. But so what that you’ll maybe be in bad neighborhoods? I’ve never known social workers to actually be attacked.</p>
<p>lucky, its the fact that your doing a job that is not exactly considered safe, for crappy pay, for a low chance of spotting the job you want. all that together its hard to fathom why anyone would allow their kids to take such a risk on a major.</p>
<p>I sort of understand what he’s saying. It’s a very stressful job and he doesn’t want you to go through all of that. Would you be interested in something a bit hire up like politic or psychology where you can help in a larger scale? We need someone to fix our public schoools… .</p>
<p>In my opinion, fixing up public schools begins at the grassroots level, not at an administrative one, so OP would still be working on a relatively small scale.</p>
<p>How about this- major in something that is kind of a compromise (not sure what that would be since I don’t know your dad) and then do something like Teach for America or some similar program when you’re out of college. They don’t put you in nice schools- they put you in struggling schools or with troubled children. You would still be able to work with troubled kids (although not necessarily only abuse victims) and you would satisfy your dad. </p>
<p>Just kidding! Ironically enough now that I’ve started getting internships and stuff everyone seems to think my major’s pretty cool. It seems like your dad probably just has a lot of anxiety about you growing up. It’s perfectly normal- lots of parents would worry about your children like this.</p>
<p>Honestly you’ve just got to decide what matters more- making yourself happy or going along with what your parents think. Just try explaining the career a little better and how much you could really be helping out the community :)</p>
<p>Careers in human services are expanding and growing.
Salary is between $28,000-40,000 for starting jobs, and $60,000+ by starting your on private practice by going to grad school for administration in human services, which I hope to do.
And I am going to minor in psychology.</p>
<p>to a lot of losers on here, if a job doesn’t give you six figures it’s as good as dirt… so don’t take posts of ‘omg it’s a dead-end job’ too seriously</p>
<p>Ultimately it’s your life, your choice. Just don’t get mad if you dad doesn’t pay for your tuition.</p>
<p>28-40k, you do realize servers can make around 50k a year</p>
<p>and 60k by starting your own practice, an engineer makes more than that starting.</p>
<p>ive seen a couple friends go to human services major hoping to change little kids lives… they are servers right now, one made deans list in u iowa.</p>
<p>Sorry, but claim all you want, a degree won’t get u a job anymore unless its specialized. IE engineering</p>
<p>@DC- I misread your post and was about to post something angry. But then I reread it and understood what you meant lol. </p>
<p>I agree with DC. You should do what you want to do. However, it’s not worth going 50k+ or whatever in debt :/. That is why you need to find a compromise.</p>
<p>Which is why I’m glad I got smart and am looking for a way OUT of the liberal arts college and into a more practical major. I’m not paying $22,000 year to work slave a way at a minimum waged job. No WAY!</p>
<p>The fact that your father doesn’t want you to go to university because of his own experiences and because he’s “scared you won’t like it” is telling in and of itself. Your father probably wants you in what he considers a secure, “safe” job at community college where he can keep an eye on you - so I’m not sure it’s the major itself that’s a problem here.</p>
<p>He can’t actually tell you what to do, so if you REALLY want to major in Human Services and go to university, well, he might not pay for it.</p>
<p>Don’t listen to marc, though. A degree doesn’t need to be “specialized” or career oriented to result in a rewarding career.</p>
<p>Have you ever interned with or shadowed the type of social worker you “want to be” - if not than how can you assume that your Dad is wrong… Personally I think he’s right about most of what he said but if it’s your dream figure out how to prove it to him…</p>