I am receiving increasing pressure from my mom to finish my degree. I had originally canned the idea because I was making 125,000/yr at the time, so didnt really see a need for it. However, my mom just got done her own degree from a degree mill and her womenly instinct are telling her she feels ashamed of having a non degreed son. Ironically I'm the second highest earner in the family, but that's completely irrelevant. Now if this was 30 years ago, then sure I could entertain the idea. However, coming from a background of it never coming up, it's really really hard to justify spending all this time and effort for a piece of paper that will do nothing for my life. I have my own business, I am getting multiple clients, I have a house, and God has blessed me in ways I never knew would be possible. However, in this case, is there even a point to getting a degree? She doesn't even care what the degree is in (she suggested General Studies), she just wants me to have a degree come hell or high water
I am receiving increasing pressure from my mom to finish my degree. I had originally canned the idea because I was making 125,000/yr at the time, so didnt really see a need for it. However, my mom just got done her own degree from a degree mill and her womenly instinct are telling her she feels ashamed of having a non degreed son. Ironically I'm the second highest earner in the family, but that's completely irrelevant. Now if this was 30 years ago, then sure I could entertain the idea. However, coming from a background of it never coming up, it's really really hard to justify spending all this time and effort for a piece of paper that will do nothing for my life. I have my own business, I am getting multiple clients, I have a house, and God has blessed me in ways I never knew would be possible. However, in this case, is there even a point to getting a degree? She doesn't even care what the degree is in (she suggested General Studies), she just wants me to have a degree come hell or high water
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