How do I deal with my parent’s horrible attitude about college and its prices?
For example:
My sister is currently going to community college.
Manhattanville College calls the house looking for her, and I take down the number during dinner.
My dad sneers and says “yeah right”
I say, “ Geez you’re so dismissive.”
My dad gets all pissed off at me and starts going on a tangent about how he’s not paying for college and that I better apply for a student Visa..
Meanwhile he makes over 120,000 a year, redoes the house, buys elaborate gifts, and even a car every once in a while,
But whenever it comes my sister or I going to a college that is more than the cheapest state tuition, he is such a DOUCHE.
And it really pisses me off, because I CANT UNDERSTAND why (even thought he didn’t have the encouragement to go to college) that he is sooooo against anything academia! And it really hurts me b/c I love academia and I love smart people and I love the idea of working really hard to get into places like Carnegie Mellon University (which I already have)!
Meanwhile – my dad just shuns it and my mom tells me it’s too far from home. They NEVER look at the big picture like I do! They only tell me I’m “too deep” and make really crappy comments about how I act too smart for them – I’m not a snob! I respect them! I just hate how they don’t respect that this is a huge part of me and what I want to do with my life!
For example:
My sister is currently going to community college.
Manhattanville College calls the house looking for her, and I take down the number during dinner.
My dad sneers and says “yeah right”
I say, “ Geez you’re so dismissive.”
My dad gets all pissed off at me and starts going on a tangent about how he’s not paying for college and that I better apply for a student Visa..
Meanwhile he makes over 120,000 a year, redoes the house, buys elaborate gifts, and even a car every once in a while,
But whenever it comes my sister or I going to a college that is more than the cheapest state tuition, he is such a DOUCHE.
And it really pisses me off, because I CANT UNDERSTAND why (even thought he didn’t have the encouragement to go to college) that he is sooooo against anything academia! And it really hurts me b/c I love academia and I love smart people and I love the idea of working really hard to get into places like Carnegie Mellon University (which I already have)!
Meanwhile – my dad just shuns it and my mom tells me it’s too far from home. They NEVER look at the big picture like I do! They only tell me I’m “too deep” and make really crappy comments about how I act too smart for them – I’m not a snob! I respect them! I just hate how they don’t respect that this is a huge part of me and what I want to do with my life!