"Factors affecting ..." (1st week)

FACTORS AFFECTING  
ONE’S COURSE

                                                      BY: AILA MAE J. MONES

Education is everybody’s major need and requirement for better life in the future. Different college courses were offered for students to choose their best choice. Thus, the career that fits the want of a student will become the bridge and foundation for his or her dream life in the future. Bridge with a strong foundation, if and only if it is really what the student want to achieve in life. But, what are really the factors affecting such matter?

            As in common, succession in education of a student mainly depends on three (3) things. First, is the student’s own choice of course in which the dream career of the student will build its foundation; dream career the student had been planning through his or her whole pre-college life is a good basis in choosing a course because the student’s will and aspiration to pursue is taking place. Consequently, students who luckily achieve this factor had been observed to be the most successful professionals. This is because, students are inspired to achieve their goals and follow the path leading to their dream professions. However, hindrances are on their way to manipulate the future courses of the students. One of which is the most common one, money. (2) Financial status is one of the most important factors in choosing career. Why? Simply because students, in spite of their perfect course choice, if financial aspect is not on their favor, still, that dream will remain on its status- a dream. Specially when that dream is more expensive than the other offered courses. Dreams that students really hoped and wished to reach, dream which is unable to be sustained by their parents. That’s why (3) parental choice is also one of the factors that affects the career of every student. This factor is sometimes caused by the financial problem of a family. Instead of enrolling the students’ chosen course, the parents considering the budget, will choose less expensive course. Also, parental choice may be because of parents’ dream career for their children. This is commonly known as a legacy of the family professions, considering the career of the family’s older generations. The said factor sometimes make the students lost their courage and determination because it seems that they were pleasing what their parent want, not of what  they dreamed.

            So, career of the students does not only rely on what they want to be. Different factors were also considered before engaging oneself to a certain field. In addition, successful career is always spelled by the students’ courage, determination and perseverance together with the family’s full support.