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How do I know what I want to be when I grow up? How to choose an occupation
I just started high school and I'm trying to figure out what classes to take for my future. The problem is that I don't even know what I want to be when I grow up. I mean, how do they expect a 14 to 15 year old to decide what they want to be for the rest of their lives? We're so young! My school and parents put so much pressure on me to know what I'm going to become later in life. I feel like I'm running out of time to choose what I want to do and it's really frustrating. They want me to choose specific classes to help me accomplish my "dream job" but...I have no idea what I want to do! How do I decide?
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Indeed, you're right. How can one expect 15-year-olds to decide what they want to be for the rest of their lives? A lucky few do know what their dream job is at that age, but many do not. I remember being in my final year of high school, having to decide what to study at university, and not having any idea what I wanted to do.
One thing you can do at this stage is to consider your strengths and weaknesses, and the nature of work you prefer.
Think about what your best subjects are. At the very least, you should be able to answer whether you're better at mathematical and logical subjects (such as maths, physics, chemistry, economics, and IT), ones that require a lot of reading and writing (such as English (or other languages) and history), or creative subjects (visual arts, music, and drama). If you're lucky, these will also be the subjects that you like.
Another thing to consider is your personality. How outgoing are you? If you're not outgoing, jobs that require working with a lot of people might not be the best for you. (Do keep in mind that no matter what you do, you will have to deal with people at some stage.) Do you like travelling? (It's hard work!) Are you prepared to work irregular hours? Do you cope well with change? Do some research about different jobs and think about which ones suit you.
If your school has a careers counsellor, make use of the service. They are likely to have useful resources like detailed questionnaires (to help you decide what suits you the best) and information about various jobs (to let you know about the jobs so that you can decide what sounds better to you).
I hope that this gives you some idea what you want to do, and that your parents will be supportive of your decisions.
Keep in mind that not everyone ends up working in (or staying in) the field that they studied at university. You will most likely have a chance to change if you decide that you don't like what you're doing.
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Well first of all its not good for your parents and teachers to pressure you at such a young age but they are just trying to secure your future secondly your just starting out with highschool you have a long time to decide what you want to do to be honest you dont need to plan out your future or take certain classes for your career until grade 11 so calm down when you get to grade 11 pick something that you want to do and is interesting to you and then do research on it to figure out what classes you need to take in grade 11 and 12 and you can even ask your teachers and parents then for help trust me you dont need to plan out anything rite now your too young just wait until your older then you can decide. :)
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