My mother took me out to lunch a few days ago at a posh restaurant (NB: I did remind her that we were in a recession). Naturally, the place was teeming with suits exploiting their corporate lunch privileges and business women sporting designer handbags. This sparked the following conversation...
Mother:
You know Other Woman's Daughter is doing a cadetship with Ernst & Young? She's earning $35000 a year with commissions, while they pay for her commerce degree. And she's only just finished first year! She's your age! You know she had a lower UAI than you?! She didn't even get 99.00! They're giving her a contract for the next two years.
M:
Commerce isn't an expensive degree.
Mother:
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M:
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Mother:
The money in medicine isn't good. The hours are bad. If you do surgery, you'll be in your thirties before you pay off all your debt. Are you sure you still want to be a doctor? It's ok if you change your mind.
3 comments:
regardless of what ppl think.. i think doctor is a noble profession.
I sure hope so-- I gave up a $10000/year scholarship for it. Argh.
I think you made the wise choice, too often we get caught up by what our parent's want us to do and what is easy. Besides medicine itself is kind of like a lifestyle choice, one that is challenging yet interesting.
If you are in it for the money than yes you probably should have listened to your parent's, cause you could have earned more elsewhere.
And hey when your old, and are a surgeon you will be able to work basically when and where you want to. So stick with it, it pays off in the long run.
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