Well I know that a lot of people on this forum have recently been discussing whether or not certain subkects are "mickey-mouse" or not. When i was younger i told my prarents that i wanted to study law. I think they had their hearts set on me becoming a lawyer. Last year however I changed my mind and decided that I wanted to study Psychology instead. Several people told me i should not do this, some people may view it as a mickey mouse degree, some employers may not view it as a proper science, it may not have good job prospects etc etc. This is the argument that anyone wanting to study any subject other than one directly linked to a career such as Medicine or Law seems to have to face.
Even when i told them I am aiming to become a clinical psychologist - which is a highly respected career directly relating to my chosen degree course people still made comments like "Thats really competivtive and if you son't get into professional psychology then you might not get any other good job".
This post isn't just about Psychology it's about every subject. At a careers evening last year one speaker from Liverpool University made me even more deterimned to do Psychology. He said that there are so many jobs where your degree doesn't matter so you should do something which you enjoy rather than being bored for years and coming out with a lower class degree because you're not interested in the subject and so cant motivate yourself.
Think about it....we're young and we're getting the chance to go to uni with loads of other our age, meet new people and study for 3/4/5+ years a subject which we really enjoy and will hopefully improve our job prospects. We may never get this oppertunity in our lives as when we get older we will have more ties and a house/family to keep etc.
So whilst we're young and have the chance to do this shouldn't we just go for it and study a subject that we enjoy?? So many peopel that I know have ended up purley by chance and being in the right place in the right time in careers that they never thought they would end up in and that are in no way related to their degree. One of friend's dads is one of the most succesfull people I know and left school with no GCSE's.
My point is that you never know where life will take you, what demand there will be for certain graduates and what jobs will be avaiable in the future so why not just go for it and study something we enjoy - live for the moment.
Sure we need to think of the future, make sure we have a good start in life to enable us to achieve the best success possible - we all want some security but maybe we should stop being so obsessed with what course will look best to employers, what we think will give us the best status and study something that we have a passion for and enjoy. We never know where we will end up or what's round the corner, so shouldnt we just go for it? Live for the moment and all that.....