tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722679128639632809.post8064192778360145363..comments2020-12-30T15:45:47.326+05:30Comments on R U M I N A T I O N S: Choosing a careerSureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346767630734824379noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722679128639632809.post-22692452289378575142010-02-15T16:38:33.316+05:302010-02-15T16:38:33.316+05:30Surendran,
I am glad you are also one of those en...<b>Surendran</b>,<br /><br />I am glad you are also one of those enlightened parents who believes in giving their child the freedom to choose his career.<br /><br />Your condition- 'making enough money to lead a decent life' raises some issues. If he finds a vocation that makes him very happy but doesn't bring much money, will you stop him? If he finds a career that pays well but he Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346767630734824379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722679128639632809.post-38117364041126217432010-02-14T22:02:51.034+05:302010-02-14T22:02:51.034+05:30I feel you are right....in trying not to steer you...I feel you are right....in trying not to steer your child in the direction you feel is right. After all career choice is a personal decision...... Children have more need of models than critics. <br />And she is hardly 9-10 years old......the career choice that she is making today may not necessarily be the same some years later ......<br />when the actual time for career choice arrives....she Jazzynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722679128639632809.post-65900645541368040502010-02-14T21:24:49.170+05:302010-02-14T21:24:49.170+05:30Hi Suresh
Oh, so Sammu has grown up enough to ask...Hi Suresh<br /><br />Oh, so Sammu has grown up enough to ask such questions?<br /><br />The other day Vishwajith's mother asked me something like - 'what do you want your sone to be when he is a grown up?'<br /><br />I thought for a while and could arrive at this answer -<br />'I want him to be happy doing what he likes most, making enough money to lead a decent life'<br /><brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722679128639632809.post-36771398861682386192010-02-14T06:48:38.918+05:302010-02-14T06:48:38.918+05:30Yes, thank God and your papa that society does not...Yes, thank God and your papa that society does not have to bear with a frustrated environmental engineer!<br /><br />Rigid attitudes persists even today. A girl I know underwent a day long scientific aptitude test that showed her aptitude for architecture and related fields. The father, who wanted her to be a doctor, reluctantly accepted that she can go for engineering but no other fancy field.Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346767630734824379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722679128639632809.post-26393821013515363732010-02-14T00:23:01.966+05:302010-02-14T00:23:01.966+05:30now that sounds like child pressure :) until recen...now that sounds like child pressure :) until recently i hadn't realised how my career choice had worked out (naturally, and i have no claim to have MADE it) on my talent... it was when my school friends who always believed that I would make a good artist, were thrilled to know that I had actually become one.<br />thanks god, papa didn't express his dreams of me becoming an environmental Varshapanickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571217902533686560noreply@blogger.com