At 18, most people not only don't really know what they want to do with their life, they don't even know what they want to do tomorrow
When my baby sister was looking at colleges, we took her to a tour of a college near our home. At the beginning of the tour, the guide - a student, natch - asked if everyone knew what they were going to major in. Everyone except my sister raised their hand. Some did so rather enthusiastically. I noticed my sister was feeling embarrassed that she didn't raise hers.
"You know something," I said to my sister in a conversational tone so most of the other people on the tour could hear me, "I'd bet that the majority of these people will change their major their freshman year. So don't worry about it - they just think they know what they want to do."
My wife agreed. It made my sister feel better.
It wasn't us being snarky - it was us speaking from experience. Why would someone expect an 18-year-old to know what they were going to do for the rest of his or her life?
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When my baby sister was looking at colleges, we took her to a tour of a college near our home. At the beginning of the tour, the guide - a student, natch - asked if everyone knew what they were going to major in. Everyone except my sister raised their hand. Some did so rather enthusiastically. I noticed my sister was feeling embarrassed that she didn't raise hers.
"You know something," I said to my sister in a conversational tone so most of the other people on the tour could hear me, "I'd bet that the majority of these people will change their major their freshman year. So don't worry about it - they just think they know what they want to do."
My wife agreed. It made my sister feel better.
It wasn't us being snarky - it was us speaking from experience. Why would someone expect an 18-year-old to know what they were going to do for the rest of his or her life?