<p>Wow, what great responses. Yes, my post was tongue-in-beak, at least partially. But my worries:
1. I have several liberal arts major relatives that are/were grossly underemployed and not at all happy about it (Father:European History, career postal employee, sister: almost a masters in Art, "Foyer painter" (as in house painting, setting up scaffolding and painting walls), sister: Theater, secretarial pool.<br>
2. My son has already been psychowulvalizing me since he reached adolescense. Does he really have to take classes so he can improve his efforts in this area?<br>
3. I'm living my dreams through my son. Just ask him (see number 2)
4. He was the one kid I was going to be able to talk about his job with. Now what? Sigh. My older son went into IT and rolls his eyes at me a lot.
5. We always made fun of Liberal Arts majors when they ventured into our science/math classes. Anybody who makes fun of my baby will answer to ME.
OK, the positives:
1. He was BORN to counsel people - he's been doing this his whole life.
2. He is a big people-person/talker.
3. The other careers that are most in line with his talents would have been politician or used car salesman.
4. I really never could see him sitting alone for hours working on experiments as a scientist. I can't see him sitting for 3 minutes without talking.
5. A major with tons of reading is a good fit.
6. He could've gone into AGRICULTURE (our field.)
7. With the merit status, his BA/BS will probably be paid for (or close) and I understand Psychology grad school is usually paid one way or another. No med school tuition! Hooray!
8. Somebody will pay him to talk all day? No wonder this attracts him.
He's a sweet kid and hopefully will do well. I don't see him switching majors after he had to bite the bullet and tell his Dad he was going into Psychology.<br>
Hobofromdowntown - my husband IS Asian. Some tense days there, but he was actually OK with it before I settled down.
Thanks again for all the great responses. I feel better now.</p>