When i grow up......

When i was a child, i wanted to be a soldier. Between childhood and my current state of apparent adulthood i have wanted to be (in no particular order) a writer (actually wrote a few chapters), pilot, footballer, an engineer, an architect, an accountant (while i'm good at maths i'm glad i didn't follow this through) and of course a businessman (whatever that means).

I find it really absurd that people are frequently asked to choose a career path while still in their teens. It's ridiculous. The career i wanted at the age of 16 has completely gone out the window 10 years later. Hell i'm still not even sure if the path i have chosen right now will be the same one i'll be on 10 years from now.

While i accept that there are some people who know what they want to do from a very young age and do not change it all through their life i'd have to argue that they are in the minority. Most people chop and change as they go along, you pretty much have to.Life is not static, it is most certainly not constant in a mathematical formula. Shit happens in life and i guess one has to be able to evolve with the stuff that happens around us.

Its more annoying cos most people my age went to uni and are now working in a field totally unrelated to what they studied. This would be ok if it was accepted that a university education was strictly a quest for knowledge but the pervading myth is that it WILL help you get a better job. Bollocks.

Unless you ace the crap out of your chosen course it is very likely that you degree will not be much of a help when it comes to getting a job straight out of uni. I've watched lots of my peers go through the same stuff. Plus the added bonus of paying off a student loan for the next decade or more. I'm all in favour of going to uni to gain knowledge. Just seems far better than going to uni so you can get a decent job. Dont think it will happen though. The world is too far gone in the current direction and any attempt to change its course will be....fucking difficult.

I guess its a good thing to encourage kids to dream about what they want to be when they grow up but as always there has to be a balance.

When i grow up, i want to be a fireman.

When i grow up, i want to be a doctor.

When i grow up, i want to be a lawyer.

Nah....

When i grow up, i want to be me.