what degree would you do?
I was pretty lazy back then. I avoided any sort of memorization in school. So I chose to study Engineering. That's something you can't memorize.
I still tell high school Seniors to consider Engineering but most of them think it's not worth the effort.
take a gap year and go to another location with working holiday visa, so he can get some real life experience...but, the parents didn't like that idea very much.
My parents were short sighted too. I paid for my education by working in Engineering departments at large companies in different states every other semester. Typical undergraduate Co-Op experience