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Post by
ASHelmy
First of all, this is a thread in which I will ask for help, if you are not interested in helping me, then please, keep moving, nothing to see here. Well, next year I am going to collage, and I have two things to choose, medicine or physics, each has it's own ups and downs, but before I go any further, you have to know a couple of things:
1) Both my parents are doctors.
2) I like physics more.
Now, I have no idea what to choose; If I choose medicine, I will probably find a job easier, if I choose physics, I will probably have to go to another country to find a job (physics majors work as teachers here :S, also, finding another place to go too will be relatively hard for me); I will disappoint a lot of people if I choose physics (my parents wanted me to be a doctor ever since I was a kid, and I did to, but I changed my mind); I like medicine, but I simply love physics. I know medicine= more money, but as long as I have enough money for a small house and a car, I am happy, since I am doing something I like. I know this thread is a bit stupid, but anyway, what do you all think?
Post by
Sagramor
Physics.
Post by
Skyfire
A question and a suggestion from me:
The question: What do you like about physics?
The suggestion: Why not something like the bio-medical engineering field?
Post by
ASHelmy
A question and a suggestion from me:
The question: What do you like about physics?
The suggestion: Why not something like the bio-medical engineering field?
Well, to be honest, I like it because I am sort of good in it, and it is so intertesting. No, I don't like engineering
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ASHelmy
Theoretical, but I could go with applied if I have to.
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Post by
TheMediator
Physics.
qft imo.
However, it is your choice and your choice only.
Yeah I agree. If your parents really care about you, they'd want you to do what you enjoy and are good at. If they don't care, then you shouldn't care what they think.
Post by
ASHelmy
Yea, I know it's my choice, I just want your opinion ( Please state a reason for you choice).
Edit: It's not that they just want me to do what they want, my mum cares about me, so she wants me to choose the major which is more likely to get a job, and gets more cash (because like I said earlier, I will not find a job in my country with a degree in physics).
Post by
vikey
Don't you live in Egypt? (Not that its a bad thing) Didn't you say somewhere earlier you'd like to be somewhere else like in the recycle bin? Physics would be good then, especially since you like it better. Also, would you do medicine because YOU like it, or because because its a bit easier and your parents both have careers in it?
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ASHelmy
Don't you live in Egypt? (Not that its a bad thing) Didn't you say somewhere earlier you'd like to be somewhere else like in the recycle bin? Physics would be good then, especially since you like it better. Also, would you do medicine because YOU like it, or because because its a bit easier and your parents both have careers in it?
Yes, I want to move out of Egypt, but that might not be possible, (muslim etc.). Actually, physics would be easier for me, I hate biology and am not really good in it.
I really just don't want to give up on medicine beacue of three thing: It would disappoint a lot of people if I didn't choose medicine (my mother and father, mainly), it would be easier for me to find a job, and because I wanted to be a doctor when I was a little kid (but I like physics more now).
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ASHelmy
I would say go the physics route if you're not very much into or good at biology. I'd be lying if I told you that you wouldn't face prejudice in a lot of the Western World, but I don't think it's anything you should take too heavily into consideration, if that's what the muslim comment was about.
No, I realize what
might
happen if I move there ( my dad's friend who moved to America, got spit at everywhere he went after 9/11, another family was killed by a mob, also after 9/11 and they weren't even muslims just arabs) but I think the ups are more then the downs.
ashelmy, being muslim, while it could possibly affect your travel (racist guards in airports etc.) will not completely bar you from moving to most European or North American countries
Actually, there is a chance that they refuse to give me a visa. But I will try to improve my chances as much as I can.
Edit: grammar fail :D.
Post by
TheMediator
No, I realize what will might happen if I move there ( my dad's friend who moved to America, got spit at everywhere he went after 9/11, another family was killed by a mob, also after 9/11 and they weren't even muslims just arabs) but I think the ups are more then the downs.
Wow. That sounds pretty bad.
Post by
vikey
Don't you live in Egypt? (Not that its a bad thing) Didn't you say somewhere earlier you'd like to be somewhere else like in the recycle bin? Physics would be good then, especially since you like it better. Also, would you do medicine because YOU like it, or because because its a bit easier and your parents both have careers in it?
Yes, I want to move out of Egypt, but that might not be possible, (muslim etc.). Actually, physics would be easier for me, I hate biology and am not really good in it.
I really just don't want to give up on medicine beacue of three thing: It would disappoint a lot of people if I didn't choose medicine (my mother and father, mainly), it would be easier for me to find a job, and because I wanted to be a doctor when I was a little kid (but I like physics more now).
Why would being muslim be a problem?
You should always take your family's opinion in consideration, but certainly not let it decide your decision. Its not like if you don't choose to follow in their footsteps they'd shun you. Sure they'd be a little disappointed, but they should get over that quickly, every parent wants a child to follow them in their footsteps, but they should all respect their child's decision no matter what.
It being easier to find a job is an advantage, but you said you're not that good at biology and such so that could be a big disadvantage. Also, you shouldn't do a job you don't like because its easier to find a job, you should do what you like better and are good at, if you're good at it you're much more likely to get a job, and why spend hours doing a job you dislike?
Also, wanting to do a certain job as a kid isn't a good reason at all. Little kids have big dreams, a lot of kids want to be president, want to walk on the moon, want to be a fancy scientist exploding stuff, etc. Very little percent of them actually get to do that. Especially since you like physics better now.
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TheMediator
No, I realize what will might happen if I move there ( my dad's friend who moved to America, got spit at everywhere he went after 9/11, another family was killed by a mob, also after 9/11 and they weren't even muslims just arabs) but I think the ups are more then the downs.
Wow. That sounds pretty bad.
I wish people wouldn't hate others.
I wouldn't say that. I just wish people wouldn't express their hated.
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