/lit/ - Literature

My mother keeps getting upset that I don't open up to her about my problems. The thing is, if I have any interaction with her, she'll tell everyone in my family about it afterward even if it's something she shouldn't, like that I made a mistake because I'm having a hard time in my studies. So now my grandparents are angry at me for doing poorly in my studies, effectively punishing me for showing weakness to her. She also threatened to withhold one of my christmas gifts from a relative for this reason.

I don't want to dislike my mother, but what's even the point of being honest now? She'll just use it as a weapon in these fucking stupid personal arguments instead of treating you like a human being.

I just threw my N64 controller and chipped off a piece of plastic on it out of frustration.

I'm afraid I find Plato boring.
Did it take time to click with you?
I've read the trial and death dialogues and the Republic, plus a few extra.

>>16624507
I'm in a bit of a bind because I'm halfway through an engineering degree I realized I don't want, so I want to switch to something in the humanities. No matter what, I'll be in debt afterward, but I'm a person who cares very little about money so I don't fear that much. What I am worried about is employment prospects. How do you major in something like literature or philosophy, foreign language or history, without (a) going to law school afterward, or (b) deciding to become a teacher in that subject? If I can solve this riddle, I might just go through with it.