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Children grow up while looking up their parents and being affected so much from them. However, this does not mean that young people should choose a same job with their parents or at least a job in the same field as their parents. In my opinion, young people should chase after what they really want to be and choose a different career for themselves, regardless of the fields their parents chose.
First, selecting a job in the same field as their parents can become a limitation for one’s ability. For me, my parents have been worked as farmers in a small town. Even though I was really accustomed to the life in a farm, I never thought to become a farmer. I’ve always wanted more. So I’ve studied really hard and I’m now working as a lawyer and earning much more money than my parents. If I just selected a job in the same field as my parents, I wouldn’t be successful as now. In addition, there are also many famous people who did not follow their parents’ job. For example, Newton was born as a son of farmers, but he did not select a job in the same field as their parents. He chose to study physics and became one of the great physicist in the world. Thus, in my opinion, young people should try what they really want to do and make their dreams come true.
On top of that, selecting a job in the different field as their parents could be helpful for both of young people and their parents. If young people select a job in the same field as their parents, they would have the same or quite similar information and social networks with what their parents have. If young people selects a job in a totally different field as their parents, they can get different and new information and meet more various people so that they can broaden their information, experience and social networks. Moreover, it will help them and their parents after all, since more information, experience and social networks will have a synergy effect on both of them. For example, let’s suppose that an young man choose to live as a businessman even though their parents are doctors. The young man introduce some people to visit their parents’ office to cure illness, while his parents can introduce their patients to visit and consult with his son regarding the business. In this way, parents and their children can affect each other in a good way.
To sum up, it is much better for young people to choose a job that is different from their parents’ job field. By doing this they can overcome their limitation and get a chance to be more successful than their parents. Additionally, it will broaden their experience and information and help them and their parents eventually. |