I am just wanting to ask a few peoples opinion on here regarding a decision our son wants to make. I believe I have mentioned before that my son's condition is DMD and is fatal and also mentioned that he is an Honours graduate from University?
Well, Rob has been trying really hard for the last two years to find a job and no one will give him a chance even though he has the qualifications for the jobs. (In fact two of his able bodied friends whose degrees are not as good as Robs got 2 of the jobs he went for interviews and was turned down for).
In Rob's final year he worked so hard he almost made himself ill. He is now thinking of returning to University to do his Masters. His dad and I are opposed to this on the grounds that finishing his Honours year nearly killed him and his condition has worsened in the last two years.
Surely if your lifespan was limited you wouldn't want to spend your remaining time on this earth working your guts out studying for a degree when you won't get a job out of it anyway? He has a full life at the moment and he would not have time for any of the things he currently enjoys in a life filled with studying.
Are we being unfair in trying to discourage him?
Eun
Well, Rob has been trying really hard for the last two years to find a job and no one will give him a chance even though he has the qualifications for the jobs. (In fact two of his able bodied friends whose degrees are not as good as Robs got 2 of the jobs he went for interviews and was turned down for).
In Rob's final year he worked so hard he almost made himself ill. He is now thinking of returning to University to do his Masters. His dad and I are opposed to this on the grounds that finishing his Honours year nearly killed him and his condition has worsened in the last two years.
Surely if your lifespan was limited you wouldn't want to spend your remaining time on this earth working your guts out studying for a degree when you won't get a job out of it anyway? He has a full life at the moment and he would not have time for any of the things he currently enjoys in a life filled with studying.
Are we being unfair in trying to discourage him?
Eun