PROGRAMS YOU SHOULD NEVER DO AT THE UNIVERSITY

Most people in Ghana have the tendency to take on any chance they get to do any program they’re offered provided they are doing it in a university or any other prestigious tertiary environment. We most times don’t consider our personal choices in certain cases. Probably it’s sometimes due to the inherent pressure we put on ourselves or by our parents to be in school or probably to avoid the feeling of being left at home alone when our peers are already in school. However you look at it, desperation on the part of students in getting admission at all cost is certainly the reason why they are sometimes sacked from schools because they choose programs they are not even remotely interested in.

They are courses one should never do depending on where you heading in life. Unfortunately there aren’t enough counseling or education on career choices even in our schools. So you will see persons of journalism potentials studying accounting or economics and are most likely not doing well in that program and are subsequently sacked. It should be noted that no person offering a tertiary course should be said to be unintelligent though they are always exceptional cases which, in this case we think are very few. The point here is, they are a lot of people studying courses they are not interested in and therefore not excelling in them.

The key elucidation to this problem is realizing not what you can do but what you are really interested in doing. This may be difficult sometimes to figure. It sometimes doesn’t take a minute to figure. Rather, it could take days or months of personal examination and research to determine. The understanding of what you can really do should be backed by the confidence to defend and pursue it without being forced by parents or peers to compromise and end up studying a program you never intended to do.

Some programs are held in high esteem whilst others are not. But frankly speaking, there’s no less prestigious program. Your interest is what matters most. You can be very happy being a middle income person and having your hobby as a job. What’s the point of being in school if you don’t find interest in what you are studying? It’s like being in a prison. You are just following rules, nothing to be happy about. A former drop out law student (Bill Gate) is making billions off computer software. Now clearly, studying law wasn’t his thing. He boldly left school because of that.

Know yourself. That’s the only way you can have a happy time on earth. Work things out yourself and make the right choice because one day you are going to be on your own. These are some sites that could help you make good choices; http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Good-Career-Choice,http://www.careerkey.org/choose-a-career/how-to-choose-a-career.html#.VSOSWsn4Kb4,http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCDV_73.htm. You can leave a comment if you have something to add or a question to ask.