What made you take your course???

Philippines
May 18, 2009 12:56pm CST
Now i am in 3rd year taking bachelor of science in NURSING... Nursing here in our country is very in demand ,,, that's one of the factors why poeple take nursing... My parents want me to take nursing... Well ofcourse it is okay for me to take nursing but when the going gets thougher and tougher i realized that this is not what i wanted but i have no choice to take it because with this course, my future will be secured. I thought that someday along the way i will learn to love this course and my future job as a nurse... but i can't avoid it that at times especially when time gets harder, i imagine myself working in the office airconditioned and just answering phones, signing papers... that's the life i wanted... maybe someday... you... what made you pursue your course??
20 responses
@larish (2191)
• Philippines
19 May 09
I take my course because I am very interested with people. I always wanted to understand the different personality of different people. I want to meet a lot of people and be able to assess them. I am a B.S. Psychology graduate and I am currently working close to different types of people.
• Philippines
4 Sep 09
yeah! i'm so happy now that i'm near to graduation... there is no stopping now there is a bright future ahead of me... (i think. ,....) thank you all for your comments...
• United States
18 May 09
We pursue our choice of careers for any number of different reasons. I'm graduating in a year with a degree in Human Resources. It's not my ideal job, and it's far from an exciting and fun-filled profession, but it's a decently reliable career with a fairly high starting salary. Sometimes we end up picking the careers or majors that we do more out of convenience or common sense more than trying to end up with our dream jobs.
• Philippines
18 May 09
yah you are right...i think i should continue this because as you said earlier that nurses also has high salary... i have other dreams and with money i can achieve it. i think i should risk a dream to pursue other dreams... just being practical.
@nashlix (186)
• Singapore
19 May 09
hi there, good topic because i really do not know what made me take my diploma in business administration course. it wasted my three years in terms of time, money and life. i am now looking at studying law and i am doing so because i am really interested in it. i so regret going for the business administration course and as for my answer to your question regarding my business course, i really am still figuring it out. :( haha
@flaky03 (225)
• Philippines
11 Jun 09
When i passed the entrance examination in UP, i only passed my second choice which was metallurgical engineering ( its all about metals and related to mining). I didnt pass my first choice which was electronics and electrical engineering which was my goal at that time but thank god since i learned how to love my course and field of expertise right now. When i got a few pre requesites from the ECE and Electrical Eng'g, i got agonized and I never thought that electronics was not that easy!
• United States
19 Jun 09
Do not think that working in an office is all glamor. I have done this type of work for years and after awhile I became bored with this type of work. You have to deal with people's different personalities and people tend to treat you like you are not as smart as they are, you're only good for moving papers. I know that nursing probably seems too much, but you can always do nursing for a couple of years. Make sure that you go somewhere that has a rotation so that you can decide which department you would like to work in for awhile. With jobs being so scarce right now, nursing is probably the only place you can find a job. I guess your parents knew this and in their wisdom they wanted you to do something with a bit of security. I decided to go to school once my children became adults and I am about to get my undergraduate degree in Business. I am trying to do international marketing since most jobs are overseas anyway. I want to try and bring some of the jobs back to the US, by encouraging other countries to invest in the US. So consider it a blessing that your parents suggested nursing for you because at least you have a future.
@Anandhh (389)
• India
8 Jul 09
m doin my 2nd year BCA(bachelor of computer applicatins)....i took this course cuz m very much interested in computer course...and also my parents wanted me to study that course....i feel ok with this course...and after this m gonna do MCA(master of computer applications)...and m sure that i may have bright future....:) happy mylotting :)
@skbh12 (2946)
• Philippines
19 May 09
hi kamilledos! well my parents made me took nursing and when i graduated the only time i realized that my passion is not into nursing but into interior designing. i hated my course at the same time i hated how much little i get with my salary. another thing this recession thing really is so bothering thinking that may we have other countries to work on. argh! hope the recession thing stops..
@jlamela (4898)
• Philippines
19 May 09
I finished a business course and I am not sure what made me decide with that course.lol!actually I don't like it but because there's no Film making course here in Davao, I floated like a drifter when I enrolled in the university that I took what is available. Right now, I extremely hated my degree and not a single day,wondering if I still can work in the film making industry. It is very difficult to be trapped in a course which you don't like.
• Philippines
19 May 09
What made me pursue my course? My interest in human behavior made me pursue this course. Also I feel like this is some what like a calling. I felt that in this profession I would be able to reach out to people in need and in my small timid ways would be able to help people who needs someone to listen to.
• Philippines
19 May 09
i'm also in 3rd year..in BS Electronics Communications Engineering..well. i choose this course because of my dream to design houses or be an architect.. but there is no architecture or industrial engineering when i was entering college in our school, and i have no choice..but to choose this course.. at first i am enjoying but as the years past..its getting harder.. like you i also thought that i will love my course but sometimes, my course don't love me..hahahaha... now..i just want is to finish my study..whatever my course is..hehehehe
@queennee (186)
• Philippines
19 May 09
im a graduate of education,made me take this course?hhhmmm...no one.i just decided to take this course coz its the course where the line of enrollees is not that long during my enrollment :) but sooner i begun to love my course,oviously that's my degree :)....choosing what course to take in college is important becoz if ur not gonna love ur course u'll find a hard time passing it :)
• India
19 May 09
well m pursuing b.tech from computer science dear dere are too many fields any one join according to their interest..u said u were fist wanted to b a nurse..today nursing is so demanded as u knw urself... n let me tell for being in a airconditioned office and signing paper u have equally put up lots of effort for relaxing in future.. well i chose my course coz i cant live widout computer..n to be wid it i hv to knw everything about it..so dats all i want
@technoobs (406)
• Philippines
19 May 09
Its best to set and follow your dreams that you think you can to achieve the best results. I was pushed through a University to take Engineering by my parents since they know that University graduates are much better in landing a job. That made a cut on my dreams but I followed what they want me to do. Then it was during my 4th year I stopped and continued to a technical certificate course ending me up to what I am now as an I.T. Support. It might be frustrating before on me but with respect to them I pay attention to what they want. But for now that they saw what I was about with my dream, they tend to support me on taking up BS IT.And I was so glad they understand what was my dream before. I thank them even though I have to pay for my college now. The only thing is family support and not dis appointment considering the best ability that you can do.
@vsharma (48)
19 May 09
i did management because i felt that what closely relates to my personality.
• Philippines
18 May 09
I like my course at the beginning but when I am in 2nd year and my subject get tougher I want to shift course but my father didnt allow me. I like my course comp engg but I dont like the engg subject cause they are really tough. In 2nd and 3rd years most of the subject are for engineering so it was two years I dealt with those though subject. I'm not a good student so because of that it took me more than five years to finish college.
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
18 May 09
I was a nursing major when I first went to college. That was long ago. I think you should stick with it. Put in a few years learning all about the job of nursing and work your way into an administrative job. You will been seen as more valuable to the doctors who will consider hiring you. Take some business classes at night and keep yourself well rounded. Your future looks bright. I wish you luck.
@charblaize (1026)
• United States
18 May 09
You have come so far to stop now. I would continue and you can always find a career like an Administrator or DON at a faucility that you won't have to do all the "nursing" duties per se and have that office environment. There are many, many various fields in the Nursing/Healthcare sector you can find one that you really enjoy. I have been going to school on and off for almost 13 years, think i would have something by now, but i do not. I was going for Human Services then switched schools because of finances and most of the courses were intertwined with nursing so i am now in the process of my Medical Assisting degree. I am working on the TEAS to get into the Nursing Program. I never thought I would be able to handle this but ever since my mother in law was in a car accident and i helped take care of her, I know I can do it but still leaning towards a doctors office of some sort. Good Luck and I wish you the best. Yet, you have to find what You enjoy and something that you would be happy with.
• India
18 May 09
i am persuing Bit from nice(national institute of carrer and education) college indore, india i choose this course because it is giving me a opportunity to study in australia within mu budget and also i can earn a lot there in part time jobs, one main motive to opt this course was that i m interseted a lot in IT field and can make a proper use to improve the technology of india....
• Philippines
18 May 09
I'm just about to take my course for I'm just an incoming 4th year highschool student. ^_^ I know nursing and engineering as well are very in demand but I wouldn't pick that as my choice just because they are mostly the needed. I'm torn between accounting or tourism. I both like it in a way but I prefer accounting. I want to challenge myself with that mathematics and see how far I can get it through. ^_^ But, my relatives pushes me to take tourism for practicality purposes.
• United States
18 May 09
Nursing is a hard job. It is both physically and mentally demanding. If it isnt something you want to do, you shouldnt! There is so much more than just the medicine involved. To really care for your patients, you need to want to be there. If I ever need a nurses care, I want them to like thier job. I dont want them to be there just for a paycheck. People are much more careless when all they are looking for is the money! I work in a research lab. It is what I always wanted to do, so I did! Now that I am actually doing it, I realize that where I am is not my perfect job. I still want to do research, just not here for the rest of my life! I dont hate it, it just gets really boring at times. I think once we change projects it will get better.