<p>so i read this letter in the chicago tribune today, and it made me wonder…</p>
<p>some high school senior wrote about how its funny how seniors have to decide what they’re gonna do with the rest of their lives when they aren’t even legal to drink, haven’t made up their minds about who to vote for, they still have curfews, etc…</p>
<p>and it got me thinking about how i wanted to be a doctor but then i realized that id be making myself go through several years of pure hell…since im really not a math and science kinda gal…and then i was stuck out here like, hey, i dont even know what i want…</p>
<p>i dont know what i want out of my life, out of my education…</p>
<p>All I can say to that is Amen. Only a little over 5 months from today we seniors have to definitely decide the paths that our lives will take and as of right now I still don’t have a flipping clue.</p>
<p>all i know is that whatever profession i end up doing, i hope to do some philanthropic or charitable work. For example, if i decide to be a doctor, then i’d like to work with Doctors Without Borders. Charitable work would make my life a whole lot more meaningful.</p>
<p>jeparlefrancais, if it helps any going into medicine doesn’t involve that much math. and if you could always take a nonscience major for your premed and just do the required science courses (which I don’t think is all that much).</p>
<p>I think I know what I want to do, but I’m scared that it might not be “right” for me.</p>
<p>The fact that we “young people” are said to always be changing only adds to my anxiety sometimes. I was reading back on the old board and someone had said something along the lines of, “What you want at 17, is not the same thing you’ll want at 22.” Slightly scary and probably true.</p>
<p>I’ve chosen to be conservative in what I want to do so that I can decide what I really want to do later. I’ve into math and science and interested in its effects on society(more political) and so I’m thinking I’m going to do civil engineering as an undergrad. They I’ll either go to law school and be some type of contract or inhouse lawyer or go to grad school for project management. Either way, I see a blurry picture at the end of the tunnel… I can see the type of environment I want to work in, the types of hours I want, the type of people I like, etc. </p>
<p>Today we had this very discussion regarding the fact that we are making the biggest decision of our lives and we can’t do so many less important things. I’ll graduate at 16 and I have to make a choice that will affect the rest of my life!?!?!? What!?!?? </p>
<p>Some say you can always change your major or transfer, but you don’t have my parents… </p>
<p>I am a conservative person… I’ll work hard at my day job so I can do what I’m really passionate about in my off time. I’m not daring enough to go after those once in a lifetime jobs in fear of failing and working at McD’s my whole life.</p>
<p>Same way for me. I want to do something that will actually benefit society and make a difference, rather than just becoming a lawyer or businessman and just worrying about myself. But I really don’t know if I will be able to follow through with that; if selfish motives take over.</p>
<p>I want to do whatever I feel like, for example bull-fighting, and then get sent lots of money in the mail. And then write The Next Great American Novel, in order to benefit society. See, I plan these things out, unlike most irresponsible members of my generation.</p>
<p>i’m really indecisive. Yesterday it was a journalist, today it’s a doctor and tomorrow it’s an engineer. I can barely find a college I like for more than a week before I pick a new favorite</p>
<p>I have absolutely no idea what I want to do. Hm… well, that’s not exactly true; I know it’ll probably be something dealing with science, esp. chem/bio.</p>
<p>Wow, celebrian25- over 1000 posts! congrats ^_^</p>
<p>for a few weeks i thought i was going to be a writer. FOR SURE. that is, until i realized i’m an incredibly untalented writer. well, no, i’m a good writer. just a horrible storyteller i guess. and now i have no idea.</p>
<p>I want to eat grapes on chilly bright sunny mornings with the leaves rustling while sitting on a pouf against a willow tree, finding the meaning of life through a plethora of rhetorical questions while listening to answers found in the winds and the passing time. Starving poet/artist/philosopher?! WHY NOT?! </p>
<p>…</p>
<p>On a more serious note… I don’t know. Well, I’ve gotten an idea and fancied myself being a neuroscientist and discovering where thoughts and feelings come from and then being booked on every radio show, talk show, etc. for the rest of my life in addition to winning countless awards and securing a position at MIT teaching cognitive sciences and overshadowing Steven Pinker… but eh. </p>
<p>I’m very fickle. Partly, I attribute to those who I believe know more about me than I do of myself- family members, teachers, counselors etc. who suggest that I’ve a talent for something and then I delve into that subject. (Or of my own tinkering with career tests I experiment with my options.) In my very angst-y days of freshman year, I decided I did not like to work with people and fantasized myself as an electrical engineer because of its isolating conditions. Later on that year, I found myself shadowing a nurse and having the chance of looking at a dead body. The following year, I found myself going from desires of being a news anchor to becoming a pediatrician specializing in neonatology and working in a NICU. </p>
<p>For now, I continue to grasp the idea of working in neuro or psychology.</p>
<p>I want to work for Doctors without Borders too. I want to be a neurosurgeon as of now, but I know that that might change. College students usually change their major, so it might happen to me too. The decisions we make now won’t have a definite effect on the rest of our lives because it usually is pretty easy to switch majors</p>