Love for Learning
I'm watching a youth oriented talk show (YSpeak) right now and they're discussing education. Is it a right or a privilege? When pursuing a degree, what counts more? Following your passion or the dictate of profession demand?
In a country like mine, where employment is scrace, a sea of white can be spotted everywhere you go. These are nursing hopefuls, intending to graduate, become nurses and be employed abroad. For years now, so many students have jumped into the nursing bandwagon and although I don't see anything wrong with it, I honestly think it's very depressing.
There's nothing wrong with being pragmatic, practical and realistic. Life is hard and I think it's noble for these kids to think on how to best support themselves right after school but I think it's sad that they have to stray from what they truly wanna do in life. Almost 70% of my high school batch took up nursing and I'm quite positive more than 50% of them did so because of necessity. I'm one of those who truly went after my dreams, 2 passions actually.
Psychology was my first venture into the wondrous world of college but after 2 years of analyzing Freud and all his theories, I succumbed to following my hearts thump. I turned to Mass Communication and for 7 months now, I've been singing nothing but happy, happy songs.
I can't say this is the right thing for everyone especially if you are driven by different circumstances but from where I'm standing, passion is the key ingredient in life. Without it, I don't think anyone can truly be happy with whatever it is that they do. Yes they can be successful because determination and hard work does get you a long way but success doesn't always (make that never) tantamount happiness. I guess you can say that I have a pretty idealistic point of view of life and I can credit that to the fact that I have been blessed to have a family who always, always valued my choices. My mom has never deprived me of following my dreams, she was always supportive but if you think that I look at education as some sort of right or parental obligation, I honestly think it's a gift. A gift that's meant to be revered and gripped with pride.
I have never been a fan of school, of the rules, of scary teachers and of deadlines or exams but I am the number fan of learning. I have always been curious, always inquisitive because I believe that the world has so much to offer and it's everywhere, you just gotta be creative in finding them. In friendster, my occupation is: A Student of the World. And by that I mean I'm someone who willingly embraces every form of learning I can get. I look at the world always bright eyed awaiting every single opportunity of learning I can get. For a while, I have been known to be Jack of all Trades and Master of None because of the various things I have dipped my toes into in the past years and I know how much this also set me back. For the longest time, I didn't really have much focus because of the myriad of explorations I wanted to do but somewhere along the way, I always knew that it wasn't long before I'd find that one thing that would make my heart skip a beat and ignite my passion.
Enter AIESEC.
I won't go on about it as much (I've done that far too many times, hehe) but I know that everything I know now, I owe to AIESEC and I don't see my development slowing down a bit.
In a couple of months, I will be exploring yet another field, the world of management and no, I am not dropping my Communications degree, just widening my scope after falling quite hard for project development. Education is something I have always been thankful for and I guess I can say this much because of the opportunities that I have been fortunate to have and to those who aren't (or feel aren't) as lucky as I am, it's never too late. Like I said, learning and education is all around us. If you value it enough, there's no reason you can't maximize or utilize it.
With all I've said, I guess the only thing I really wanted to say is that you gotta love learning.
In a country like mine, where employment is scrace, a sea of white can be spotted everywhere you go. These are nursing hopefuls, intending to graduate, become nurses and be employed abroad. For years now, so many students have jumped into the nursing bandwagon and although I don't see anything wrong with it, I honestly think it's very depressing.
There's nothing wrong with being pragmatic, practical and realistic. Life is hard and I think it's noble for these kids to think on how to best support themselves right after school but I think it's sad that they have to stray from what they truly wanna do in life. Almost 70% of my high school batch took up nursing and I'm quite positive more than 50% of them did so because of necessity. I'm one of those who truly went after my dreams, 2 passions actually.
Psychology was my first venture into the wondrous world of college but after 2 years of analyzing Freud and all his theories, I succumbed to following my hearts thump. I turned to Mass Communication and for 7 months now, I've been singing nothing but happy, happy songs.
I can't say this is the right thing for everyone especially if you are driven by different circumstances but from where I'm standing, passion is the key ingredient in life. Without it, I don't think anyone can truly be happy with whatever it is that they do. Yes they can be successful because determination and hard work does get you a long way but success doesn't always (make that never) tantamount happiness. I guess you can say that I have a pretty idealistic point of view of life and I can credit that to the fact that I have been blessed to have a family who always, always valued my choices. My mom has never deprived me of following my dreams, she was always supportive but if you think that I look at education as some sort of right or parental obligation, I honestly think it's a gift. A gift that's meant to be revered and gripped with pride.
I have never been a fan of school, of the rules, of scary teachers and of deadlines or exams but I am the number fan of learning. I have always been curious, always inquisitive because I believe that the world has so much to offer and it's everywhere, you just gotta be creative in finding them. In friendster, my occupation is: A Student of the World. And by that I mean I'm someone who willingly embraces every form of learning I can get. I look at the world always bright eyed awaiting every single opportunity of learning I can get. For a while, I have been known to be Jack of all Trades and Master of None because of the various things I have dipped my toes into in the past years and I know how much this also set me back. For the longest time, I didn't really have much focus because of the myriad of explorations I wanted to do but somewhere along the way, I always knew that it wasn't long before I'd find that one thing that would make my heart skip a beat and ignite my passion.
Enter AIESEC.
I won't go on about it as much (I've done that far too many times, hehe) but I know that everything I know now, I owe to AIESEC and I don't see my development slowing down a bit.
In a couple of months, I will be exploring yet another field, the world of management and no, I am not dropping my Communications degree, just widening my scope after falling quite hard for project development. Education is something I have always been thankful for and I guess I can say this much because of the opportunities that I have been fortunate to have and to those who aren't (or feel aren't) as lucky as I am, it's never too late. Like I said, learning and education is all around us. If you value it enough, there's no reason you can't maximize or utilize it.
With all I've said, I guess the only thing I really wanted to say is that you gotta love learning.
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