What do you want to be when you grow up? What are you planning to do in the future? Do you want to be a doctor or an engineer? From a young age, we are always asked these questions. When we were young it was alright to say that we want to be a prince or a fairy. But as we grow old these answers are considered unacceptable to the other person. They want a very mature and reasonable answer. It is easy to tell most young adults don’t have answers for these questions. But we fail to understand why that is.
I have only mentioned doctor and engineer in the above paragraph and not other professions it is because our society has structured it that way in our genes. Though they are highly overrated and extremely dull jobs, they compensate that with the high privilege that they bring in the society and the increase in status and income. Statistically, Asian families prioritise these jobs and manipulate their children to pursue the same. This prevents us from exploring many other career paths that we would like to choose.
We youngsters always try to find the one
perfect career path. But do we really believe such a thing exists? I disagree with that because we and our career path is like a puzzle.
We need to explore and brainstorm various options to find the
absolute perfect match for us. So instead of trying to find the 'perfect' career path, one should discover their natural abilities and correlate them with
their interest and personality.
One of the many reasons why I am indecisive
about my career path would be the society. We grow around parents who compete
for their children to be the best, where we are pressured to bring home first
prize and nothing less. We have never been encouraged, that it is fine to make a mistake as
long as we don’t repeat the same one. How can we be sure about
choosing our career paths with all these high expectations? I believe that
the problem lies in the fact that the society has more control over my decisions than I do.
Aminath Simee Sameeu
School Captain
Maradhoo School.
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