Might have been a good idea for him to apprentice as an electrician or a plumber. Obviously there isn’t a big job market out there for BA History majors.
I learned that too, thats why I am studying Accounting after a BA in Political Science.
In Europe, for hundreds of years, one's education included becoming a master in some trade, be it masonry, arts, goldsmith, = as a fall-back in times when the 'real' jobs were scarce. It was a good backup plan.
I think high schoolers and college kis alike should be required to take a 2 year course in some trade at a voc school. There would far less unemployment
He wants to be a liberal elite, not get his metrosexual, manicured hands dirty!
Manual labor is SOOOOOOO beneath him.