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| Kathmandu, Thursday May 02, 2002 Baishakh 19, 2059. |
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Career options
The article entitled ‘More choices or
confusion?’, written by Pooja Shrestha, published in your Midweek Post last
Wednesday, does provide a good view of various career options available to the young
generation these days. But are they really able to exercise these options? Only a few
fortunate ones have been able to use the career options as per their inclinations and
ability, while the careers of the majority of the educated youths are decided by their
parents, or moulded by the social environment.
Our society still hasn’t woken up to the
reality that economics, business, arts are just as respectable as medicine or engineering.
The age old charm and attraction towards medicine and engineering hasn’t faded
either. Many parents want their children to be doctors, engineers, managers and
businessmen, but not teachers, lecturers, professors, researchers, artists, sportsmen,
journalists, etc. I believe not many parents want their children to be politicians or
journalists. Such an attitude and thinking still prevails in society. Unless and until, we
correct such attitudes, I believe, our young generation won’t be able to fully
utilise the career options available to them.
Robin Tuladhar
Naya Baneshwor, Kathmandu
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