Wednesday, March 21, 2007 @ 10:53 AM: Practicality and interest
It is actually quite disheartening to see ppl choose courses which they dun prefer just for the sake of having a good career prospect...
At first thought, I would have thought interest would always come first... no interest and just study a course u don't like will only result in u not doing well in your course, whole day lamenting your circumstances and worse still, choosing a career that most likely u won't like... I've always believed that hang2 hang2 chu1 zhuang4 yuan2... u can be anything u like... as long as u excel in your field, then the money factor shouldn't count as much...
But thinking further, i suppose the question is whether foresaking the interest is worth it or not... It is hard to say for ppl who tend to have san fen zhong ren du... in the sense, the interest shifts and they can be equally adaptable in any field they do... and back to me, i could have said as forsaking my interest in geog when i've gone to 7B and take up triple science with the remnants of my interest in geog soc... and that's when my secondary interest, which is chemistry, flourishes...
Indeed, future is such an unpredictable entity... ppl in primary sch will think i take up a maths career... ppl in secondary sch will think i'll end up as an urban planner (oh... in fact daniel leong is pursuing this dream)... but now i'm on way to chemistry/chem engine... haha... Just gotta make sure what u take up is something u have at least that bit of interest in lohz...
Been rather busy these days though i'm on off... gotta go back again to help vet thru stuff... but i relish these opportunities given by my boss to exercise my leadership skills among many other skills i gotta use... hehe :-)
thank you for bringing me memories...
