I can't seem to get the courage to have a talk with my parents...

[JayMiLove]

Is this a good reason for my parents to let me drop out of college?
I couldn't start college after I graduated high school in 2011 and had to take a year off for financial reasons. Then I decided to go to a college for pharmacy tech. My plan was to get an associates in pharm tech and then go back to a different school for psychology, which is what I really wanted to do. I knew what school I wanted to go to after and everything. I chose the college for pharmacy tech because it was cheaper than the second choice. I didn't want to but it's what made my parents' lives easier.

I'm 9 months in and in an internship at Walgreens and am no longer motivated. I've lost the passion I had when I first started and have realized I had a passion for what I would do after I graduated. I'm feeling stuck and dread going to class and my internship.

I want to ask my parents to let me drop out so that I can enroll in the other university for psychology. They let my sister drop out of her school after two years and even let her jump from program to program until she found her "home". She's now a cosmetologist (and 3 years natural!!) with two jobs and loving every second. I hope they'll extend that same freedom to me, even though our financial situation is much tighter. Why should I stay in a major I don't like and lack the passion and motivation to try hard.

Any advice on how to approach them? It's hard finding the courage to be confident in my decision. They sometimes apply a different set of rules for me, as their second and youngest child. I'm considered the baby and they have always has some "control" over my decisions and I tend to do whatever pleases them. But I don't want to do this anymore and need to do what I want for my career. I'm afraid they won't understand and will tell me know and i'll spend the next 6 months miserable and depressed, getting mediocre grades...

I also have no financial aid at this point because of an issue with my FAFSA due to my parents filing wrong on their taxes, so they're paying way more than they need to be for a major I don't even want to be in...


By the way, this is me! Hiiiiii!