Originally Posted by farwest101

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110% agree.

This kid needs a swift kick in the backside.

Forget dreaming about Europe and "semesters abroad". Needs to put his nose to the grindstone, get a quality education (ie, so you can have a career, not just a paycheck) - if not targeting a top school, with top grades, majoring in the Sciences, Engineering or Medicine, it's a waste of his time - and pissing away his parents money.

He's got a lifetime ahead of him - and has decades of trips ahead of him, so no rush. But he needs to be prepared with a solid education with a worthwhile degree so he has the means to do so.

Traipsing off to Europe on the his parent's dime (or worse, on gov't handouts) is foolish nonsense. And encouraging such behavior is even worse.