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I've always wanted to make my parents proud. Ever since I was little, I always knew that the one thing that would make my parents the most proud of me would be to become a doctor. However, since I was doing it just for them, I only ever half-heartedly put the effort in. Thus, I would never get good enough grades. The stupid thing is, even though I wasn't sure whether I actually wanted to do medicine, I would still tell them every time I got a bad grade that I would try harder and get better results next time. This cycle repeated since year 8 in high school to now in my third year of university. My parents keep telling me that I have the potential and never use it, but I know that if I don't put my heart into something I won't do well. I think that I want to do medicine, but I don't know if it's the right thing for me. I'm just scared and confused and I keep confusing myself because whenever I think that I can do it, a thought about my previous failures just creeps in and before I know it I'm falling into a pit of despair questioning what to do with my life. I just wish that I could wake up one morning and say "yes I know what I want to do" and actually stick to that. On top of that my mum thinks that maybe it would be best for me to go overseas and do medicine so I can mature, but my dad wants me to get good grades so I can do medicine here. So every time my dad talks to me he will just ask whether I am getting good grades or not. Now, I know he's just asking me because he wants me to be able to be closer to my future but I'm not sure if this is my future. I just don't know what I'm doing sometimes. I just need someone to sit me down and slap some sense into me because I can't deal with this uncertainty anymore. Please help me so that I can get on with my life.
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ReplyI did not scrape by. I failed miserably. Looking back I see I didn't receive any encouragement or help at all with school or anything education related. I wish I could have had some kind of guidance and support. Today I work obviously, a low wage job, but I don't have a high school diploma. I think my life could have been much different in better circumstances. So I will say to you that you have an opportunity to do something to ensure you have a good future and securing your children's future at the same time. I imagine the pressure is overwhelming at times. But In my eyes you are blessed and lucky.
ReplyWell its just awesome to have parents who believe you! But you should never do something you don't want to do especially if it's the outcome of YOUR future, make up your mind on what you truly feel you want to do make sure you're sure so you can go to parents and let them know exactly what you want to do and that you know you'll be successful and that field you chose. Our parents want the best for us but they don't always know exactly what's best for us, we need to know. Go through the necessary avenues and find what we're passionate about, then do well in it and they'll see that what you're doing makes you happy! Good luck!
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