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Some people might say that selecting a job in the same field as their parents is better than to choose a different career for themselves while others do not think that way. If I have to choose one among two different opinions, I would say it is much better for young people to select a job in the same field as their parents since it has more advantages. There are a couple of reasons and examples as follows.
First of all, young people will be able to carry out various tasks required in the same field as their parents and it can make it easy for them to get accustomed with the tasks. To explain, they are familiar with the tasks. This is because they have watched(관찰하다) what their parents did in their work for a long time. Therefore, they naturally know well about a lot of things related to the job. According to the study conducted by a group of sociology in Seoul national university, people who work in the analogous field with their parents work more efficiently than others working in a different field from their parent' one. This was due to the fact that they got to know naturally specific abilities that would be required when they worked and had them. It seemed that it was resulted from a long term observation on their parents.
On top of that, if they select a job in the same field as their parents, they would be less likely to fail. You cannot deny the fact that everyone faces/encounter difficulties in work and successful life depends on how well they solve the problems in challenging situations. In this sense, having a job in the same field as parents indicates that you have good advisors. Parents know well how to deal with and solve problems as they have already experienced them when they worked. I will take my personal experience to ellucidate my opinion. When I was a teacher in Kangnam high school, I had a problem with one of my students. She thought that I did not care of her very well and even discriminated(차별하다) her among other students. I really worried and pondered in order to solve the problem. I asked it to my mother who had been a teacher in a middle school and she gave me a good advice that was showing my sincere mind to her in various ways such as writing a letter and spending more time with her. I implemented her advice right away and it had a highly positive impact on solving the problem.
To sum up, if young people choose a similar job to their parents' one, they can deal with tasks that they have to do in work as they are familiar with them. Moreover, they will be able to solve problems which they would meet inevitably when they work because it is possible for them to receive helpful advice easily from their parents as good advisers. In this regard, I firmly believe that having a job in the same field as parents is much better than choosing a different career for themselves. |