A little rusty at this.. some help?

[dfrecore]

While I LOVE the idea of planning other people's lives for them, unfortunately, it rarely works out well. People are SO uncooperative when the goals set out for them are not their own.

I would suggest that he gets a job, preferably a really crappy one, so he can find out for himself that this is not a great life plan, and then start to figure out some better options. There's nothing quite so motivating as finding out what you DON'T want to do, to get you moving in another direction.

Also, there are all kinds of "career search" or "major search" courses at community colleges. Have him take one of those to see what direction it shows him going in. I wish I would have paid attention to what my career search said when I was a senior in high school (accounting). It would have saved me years of heartache and pain, not to mention dollars.

I agree with getting an AA in general studies, as well as taking classes that sound interesting. This is a time of searching, and the best way to do that college-wise is to take different classes without having to go towards a specific degree. I think that can be limiting to people who don't know what they want to do.