My son is leaving med school for poetry?

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ariel

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Hi my son has been majoring in sciences for the past 4 years
and recently been accepted into a med school.

The problem is that he wants to quit sciences and reject the med school offer
to major in English literature and minor in philosophy...
When he was in high school he did better in arts than in sciences
and showed interest in philosophy
but he wasn't so brilliant in arts that he won competitions
(but he won more arts awards)
and an occupation as a doctor seemed more safe and of higher income.
He also wanted to become a doctor when he was in elementary school.

I don't know what made him change his mind!
I can tell that he feels guilty after all the money spent and that he didn't meet the expectations and is now considering himself a failure.

I really don't want him to go into arts because
I think people shouldn't make their interests or hobbies their occupations.
My son wants to be a high school teacher for English and Philosophy
but a doctor would have higher income
which would be a great deal of convenience for him.

Am I too strictly narrow minded?
I don't want him to give up med school.
But I don't want my son leading a career with little interest.

+ My son's considering double majoring in sciences and arts.
But I think he will be wasting his time and money and will be stressed with the workload.

I don't know how to deal with this situation.
Can someone please help me?
 
That is Quite a situation. I'm 17 and I don't know where to go in life, there's many possible areas, but sometimes we pick areas that pleases our personal interests. Navy is where I'm going to go even though my mom wants me to stay here but she said she'll let me only bc it's my call and she respects it.
 
That is such a tough place to be, I'm so sorry for both of you. It's unfortunate that he didn't realize he was pursuing the wrong calling sooner. If he truly wants to change his career to the arts you should let him do it; just be as supportive as possible. You're his mother after all, not his college counselor. Things will work out for the best--a huge salary isn't worth being miserable, and he'll just have to learn to live more humbly.
 
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