ORIENTATION AND GOAL – WHAT IS BEST FOR YOUR CHILD’S FUTURE

Did you know that:

• Even though more than 82% of graduated students claimed that college is a good financial investment for them, 61% of recent college graduates said they would change their majors if they could go back to their beginning point.

• Approximately 26% of all degree holders will change their majors to follow their dream jobs and passion.

• About 30% of students in the previous generations claimed that if possible, they would also change their majors to have better job opportunities after graduation.

Well, it might be a bit odd for me to start my today’s post with statistics like these. But this piece of information I have just provided is taken from the results of a study conducted by www.bestcolleges.com – a website that aims to provide and connect students with quality, certified schools and institutions in the United States (Updated on 20th July 2022).

When seeing these numbers, does any thought come across your mind?

Let me answer first for myself: I do!

I was also a little girl on a journey to pursue my dream jobs, which required me to go through all the necessary stages like many other young people: elementary school – secondary school – high school – university (or college).

All the people around me – my brothers, my friends, and my relatives – also share similar academic journeys with me. And surprisingly enough, when being asked again about their future choices, most people would also agree that if they could go back to their high school time, at the exact moment before signing in the application form to their current universities, they would also have changed their minds and made different choices.

I understand that the age of 17 and 18 are no longer considered as being “young”, but this age range is also that vulnerable moment when we need to clearly and finally realise that we have reached the age that requires us to fully take responsibility for all our actions and decision-making. 

However, at this age, we cannot fully have in mind the exact image of how big the university gate is going to be. Besides, after 3-5 years of university or college, we may start to wonder whether the profession we choose can provide us with a decent job with a reasonable salary. Will the job we are aiming at still be developed enough to be able to keep up with the fast-changing pace of our modern society?

I understand that there are always people who regret their past choices because they do not fully recognise what they really love, what they want to do in the future, who they want to become and how to pursue their dream at the time they started choosing a school or choosing a major.

My dear friend,

My, your, or anyone else’s story about life after leaving the university or college share a handful of similarities. Most of the time, people will choose their future paths by following the instructions of the older or more experienced people, such as:

• The neighbour’s child has been successful working in a big bank. With the encouragement from those neighbours blending in with the firm belief from our parents, we choose to study finance and become a bank teller.
• There are the children of Uncle A or the nephew of Uncle B who work in large petroleum companies and find that the field of accountancy is still a “vacant field,” so you decide to listen to your relatives and choose to major in accounting and auditing instead of pursuing your dream career.
• Your brother or sister has just graduated from university and works at a post-and-telecommunications unit with a good salary, so you are advised to also pursue a career within this industry.
• Or, just as simply as how an industry is becoming very popular and you believe it would help you to get a good job and have many career development opportunities in the future, and you decide to apply for that field.

All of the options above are all derived from the “experienced” advice of many of those who belong to the previous generations, and those who think that they have already experienced enough things in life.

BUT!

In fact, we are never and have never been asked: What is something you truly like? What are your strengths and talents? Do you have the aspiration to apply for university, or do you want to do anything else?

We are still often stuck in this situation of a fish being forced to climb a tree and a bird being forced to swim until it can no longer bear the burden and realise its own problem. But at that very moment, it no longer has enough passion or energy to change to a different path, and the desire to conquer their dream is long gone. And this seems to still be a very common and current issue with the younger generations.

My dear friend,

I really do not want to see how our next generations, our children, our brothers and sisters continue to be stuck in the “middle” of such life choices.

I believe that you also share the same thoughts with me, right?

To our children, we all seem to be their strongest walls and greatest guides as they hold their beliefs upon our deep and wise experiences.

However, because of the rush and the irregular turns in life, the economic difficulties, and the problematic issues at work, we seem to have lost all our time and patience whenever we are by our child’s side.

Is our child alone on their journey to adulthood?

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself what your love or passion is for, or what kind of life experience you would like to experience?

The kids are just like young birds that are about to leave the nest and to spread their wings alone against the strange and never ending skyline. But how pitiful it would be if they struggled to find out where they can fly the highest or where their destinations are!

Different from how our life was many years ago, the future generations have soon recognised their strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for both self-growth and future career guidance. As a result, if you – the busy grownups and parents – also struggle to find your child’s best-fit future paths for their skills and abilities;

Or, if you are so caught up with your work, you accidentally let your children play around with them many times and do not know how to express their dreams in life. Then, let Truly Inspired help you!

Our Truly Inspired Home will perform for you one of the most important tasks in your child’s life: unlocking his or her own dreams and potential!

Together, we deliver only the best things that your child deserves in their life.

Lots of love,

Truly Inspired.