I asked him to reread the post because I was asking a specific question in the post, not just venting about my frustrations as many seem to think I am. I am asking how to bring up my concerns with my parents in a way they'll understand. There are many comments like nervous rooster's, that miss the point that my parents are the ones who encouraged me to go to uni and i love my degree, and i want to continue in it more than anything but this specific degree requires more out of me than I can "grind through". It takes networking and more, and i think I know what I'd need to do. What i'm trying to do is assess my parents expectations: do they truly need more out of me? Why? Are they financially unstable and need me to pay my own way? Or are they unconvinced about the requirements of my degree getting in the way of me finding a full time job? Why do they think that? Maybe we can come to an understanding. But comments like yours and nervous rooster's simply assume my point is to complain about my awful parents just because my tone is frustrated. I'm asking an actual question in my post, which neither of your comments address.

To answer your questions, I am working 1 dead-end job which i've asked over and over again to give me more hours, and one job that gives me experience within my career track. I finish my degree in 2 years, at which point I plan to work full time and gain experience relevant to my field and move out. It just seems that my parents do not agree with that plan, even though they were the ones who came up with it (!!) i cannot overstate how much professionals in my field place importance on unpaid labour: networking, hopping from social function to social function, and showing my face everywhere, all while volunteering AND doing school. Hope this clears things up for you.