Posted by mair on October 27, 2004, at 17:42:03
In reply to School, stress, and parents' expectations, posted by Klokka on October 25, 2004, at 5:42:31
I have a son who's a sophmore in college and a daughter who's a junior in high school. My son doesn't really have a clue about what he'd like to do and is struggling to choose a major.
We continually tell my son 2 things. 1) there need not be any correlation between what he studies in college and what he ends up doing, so he shouldn't think he's somehow casting himself for the future with the courses he selects, or that he's foreclosing other possibilities. 2) Whatever he decides to do, have it be something he enjoys.
#2 is tough; I don't really know that many people who really love their work. But I do think that those who do, are so much more successful at what they do and personally satisfied.
I've known lots of people who have gone back to school later to fill in courses they failed to take in college - like people who go back to take all the pre-med stuff, because they decide to go to medical school. So maybe you can convince your parents that you're not necessarily foreclosing a science-related field for the future.
But I think you need to communicate to them that there is no way you can successfully study or retain stuff in a course of study that you neither like nor are suited for.
Mair
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