Playing with a career.
Hello everyone,
I want to speak something regarding my career. Of how, my perspective regarding what career, what field I would choose changed as I grew up. When I was very young, about 8-10 years old, I did not know what a "career" was, perhaps I did not know the exact meaning of the word. From childhood, I was very interested in "nature" , not human nature but the natural world of plants and animals. I knew facts about it at a time when many of my classmates knew nothing of it. That was the reason, that whenever I did read books , they weren't exactly story books, but books on birds and animals.
When I was a little older, in 7th grade, I started thinking of being a veterinary doctor, you know that person who helps animals out? Yes, that's what I thought I wanted to be. But after hearing from people that it was not an easy job, I still pursued it somehow, but it faded from my mind. Later, I started collecting wildlife pictures. Then, I started to think of becoming a wildlife photographer. But somehow this idea left my mind as well.
From childhood, I was learning classical music. I was never an outdoor type of person. Always quiet, demure and shy. I in 7th grade seriously considered music, being a singer as a career too. My mother too encouraged me. Of course at that time, still small I did not probably know that to earn your daily bread you really have to work very hard. I thought I could make it very easily ahead.
In 8th grade, I had an English teacher, who gave us the confidence that we could write something on our own. Not the "dictated-notes" now, was what she said. My English vocabulary was immensely improved due to that. I again, started thinking in the 9th grade of becoming a writer or a journalist. I started maintaining my own diary, and began to reflect upon my own thoughts and views. I loved, and still love history as a subject. Therefore, I even thought to become an archaeologist. There were so many ideas running in my mind like buzzards that I could not pay heed to one. I started writing my own poems and stories and not surprisingly, I came second or third in English in our class.
In the 10th grade, I did not think of anything except studies, because I thought that what was to become of my career was to be decided later. I only knew that I did not want to go for the science stream. And I despised mathematics like anything! I always wondered what was the use of maths in this world when there are subjects like history and English. Therefore, I always managed to get bottom marks in it. I was and had always been good in languages, for I found a kin in them. I worked extremely hard for the board exams, and before that I gave a career aptitude test. In that, the results showed that I could do well in arts. I considered it.
In the 3 and a half month vacation period, different people told me different views on a subject relating to career. My friend even insisted on handing me a book of career guidance. I refused it. Time would tell. My father wanted me to be a Chartered Accountant, a CA. Just the name would make me mad. I always said that I would never make it. I could never be a CA. I discussed with my father about various fields in arts, like law, journalism etc. But he said, as usually anyone replies, that the Arts stream "has no scope"and perhaps he was right.
Tenth results were out. I was very anxious of knowing how I'd performed. I got such a good percentage, far beyond my expectations that everyone asked me why I was not going for the science stream. I told them that like everyone else, I did not want to be an engineer or doctor.
Now, I am in the commerce stream, learning shrewdness, money-related matters, that interest me more than I thought. Now, I am planning, with seriousness referring to my father's words "of being a CA".Wish me luck people!
Thank You,
Mohana.
I want to speak something regarding my career. Of how, my perspective regarding what career, what field I would choose changed as I grew up. When I was very young, about 8-10 years old, I did not know what a "career" was, perhaps I did not know the exact meaning of the word. From childhood, I was very interested in "nature" , not human nature but the natural world of plants and animals. I knew facts about it at a time when many of my classmates knew nothing of it. That was the reason, that whenever I did read books , they weren't exactly story books, but books on birds and animals.
When I was a little older, in 7th grade, I started thinking of being a veterinary doctor, you know that person who helps animals out? Yes, that's what I thought I wanted to be. But after hearing from people that it was not an easy job, I still pursued it somehow, but it faded from my mind. Later, I started collecting wildlife pictures. Then, I started to think of becoming a wildlife photographer. But somehow this idea left my mind as well.
From childhood, I was learning classical music. I was never an outdoor type of person. Always quiet, demure and shy. I in 7th grade seriously considered music, being a singer as a career too. My mother too encouraged me. Of course at that time, still small I did not probably know that to earn your daily bread you really have to work very hard. I thought I could make it very easily ahead.
In 8th grade, I had an English teacher, who gave us the confidence that we could write something on our own. Not the "dictated-notes" now, was what she said. My English vocabulary was immensely improved due to that. I again, started thinking in the 9th grade of becoming a writer or a journalist. I started maintaining my own diary, and began to reflect upon my own thoughts and views. I loved, and still love history as a subject. Therefore, I even thought to become an archaeologist. There were so many ideas running in my mind like buzzards that I could not pay heed to one. I started writing my own poems and stories and not surprisingly, I came second or third in English in our class.
In the 10th grade, I did not think of anything except studies, because I thought that what was to become of my career was to be decided later. I only knew that I did not want to go for the science stream. And I despised mathematics like anything! I always wondered what was the use of maths in this world when there are subjects like history and English. Therefore, I always managed to get bottom marks in it. I was and had always been good in languages, for I found a kin in them. I worked extremely hard for the board exams, and before that I gave a career aptitude test. In that, the results showed that I could do well in arts. I considered it.
In the 3 and a half month vacation period, different people told me different views on a subject relating to career. My friend even insisted on handing me a book of career guidance. I refused it. Time would tell. My father wanted me to be a Chartered Accountant, a CA. Just the name would make me mad. I always said that I would never make it. I could never be a CA. I discussed with my father about various fields in arts, like law, journalism etc. But he said, as usually anyone replies, that the Arts stream "has no scope"and perhaps he was right.
Tenth results were out. I was very anxious of knowing how I'd performed. I got such a good percentage, far beyond my expectations that everyone asked me why I was not going for the science stream. I told them that like everyone else, I did not want to be an engineer or doctor.
Now, I am in the commerce stream, learning shrewdness, money-related matters, that interest me more than I thought. Now, I am planning, with seriousness referring to my father's words "of being a CA".Wish me luck people!
Thank You,
Mohana.
Comments
And the wonderful thing about today's time is that you can shift from one career to another quite effortlessly. You just need to follow your heart and something good will definitely come out of it.
And hey, you can always be a wildlife photographer even while working as a CA! All the best for everything!