I am totally lost.
[I didn't write in response to a specific prompt] My parents have always wanted me to have a smooth life. They want me to have a direction, to go the safe path–of attending a good university, then advancing to some high-paying career where I would be respected and would earn myself enough financial freedom to enjoy my life. At least that’s what I’m speculating from all the times that they–especially my dad–have preached the importance of my university’s name value and finding a major that will give “stability” in my life. Well, my parents in general aren’t very pushy in terms of academics, but when I bring up the subject of college admissions, discussing how getting into a top college isn’t as important as it used to be, or that I’m interested in applying to a liberal arts college to study sociology and environmental studies, they catch on quick with their own input, basically doing everything they can to stir me clear toward what they think is the safe path. Honestly, maybe...