Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : Some background here about my upbringing as I really want to set the stage.  He and my mom have done as much as they can for the family, both emotionally and financially.  They are quite well off and have corporate jobs, but they spent as much time as they could with me and my two older sisters growing up.  My dad in particular has been incredibly supportive of me and my sisters throughout our entire lives.  He's a very accepting kind of guy and tries his best to be BOTH a friend and dad to us (we come from a 100% south asian background so this is a really big deal for me at least).  

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I remember when my sister was extremely conscious of her weight during her high school years, he worked out with her in the gym "to help boost her confidence".  During my high school days, he encouraged me to join sports teams and make friends and came to my games (pretty athletic, but have sports performance anxiety).  Always gave me and my sisters advice like "teenagers don't really have much empathy so be aware of that", taught us the importance of respect, and "time is the best medicine" and what not.

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In many ways, he didn't ask for much but he really really valued education and self-learning.  We were to read books he gave us outside of our school curriculum and if we weren't in some summer learning camp, he always encouraged us pick some summer project to pursue or learn from.  In any case, my two sisters really took on with this mindset and both went to uni and are doing great.  He's paid/paying off tuition for both of them, and was planning on doing the same with me.

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I'm in my senior year, and to my guilt have been lying to both my parents that I've finished my college apps.  I haven't.  Haven't even done one.  I had no interest in college, and honestly wanted to travel after high school.  Maybe some type of gap year?  But even after that, I was planning on going into woodworking or some other craftsmanship (not the 4 year degree kind my dad's looking for) or maybe nothing, but that shouldn't matter, I'll find a way to support myself and I'm not going to mooch off of my parents' wealth.  

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In any case, I just told them last week of all of this.  After a big argument (me and my sisters almost never argue with him), he isn't talking to me for the time being.  I can tell he's incredibly disappointed and so is my mom.  When I talked to my sisters about it, they didn't have much to say but did call my decision to not go to college "stupid" and "after everything they've done this is the least I can do".  My parents are really well educated (dad got a professional degree from Cornell) and my sisters are pretty darn smart too, so I understand.  I love my family and I know this is probably the one thing my dad asked of me, but still, I don't know if he has the right to make me go get a degree.