Persuasive Writing: College Students Should Have Complete Freedom to Choose Their Courses.
Students nowadays tend to feel highly pressured to do well in college. This is due to them choosing courses that are not suitable for their personality.
Parents, teachers and career counsellors can help to intervene and offer solutions to this common problem among the students. They can offer advice, give talks or make the students sit for a personality test. This approach helps the students understand themselves better. Parents can help by not forcing their children on courses they are not interested in because they should have freedom to choose what they want to do and has the power or talent to excel in. He who has lost his freedom has nothing else to lose.
The benefits of letting the student choose is them feeling positive that they are able to do it. There are a few students who choose the courses their parents want to do, a lot of them struggle both physically and mentally the course becomes a burden to the student. They get a head start on their career, and are not stressed out but relaxed.
Students who they let their parents choose their courses struggle and find the courses is a burden. This leads to depression as they fail to achieve their desired goals. A study by Siti Hanisha Mat of Yayasan Bank. 145 students the freedom who have to choose their courses, nearly all of them achieved -B to A for their results. As compared to those who were force to choose a course they dislike and scored B+.
Sometimes, the students will realise that the course does not suit them but they think that they can easily switch to others that suit them better. Their choice of courses are mainly due to peer pressure or from parent's expectations. However, little do they know that switching courses is a waste of both time and money invested by them and their parents. It is best that they seek guidance from the right people. These people include their teachers, career guidance counsellor and career coaches.
A student's career plan will be affected by the choice of this for example one will need to take up subjects that are relevant to be a doctor before taking a medical degree. The right subject or combination is important in order to gain entrance into the right faculty in the university will need to know them and not blindly follow courses chosen by their friends.
If they are honest to themselves they will know what they want and be able to choose out of the swarm of subjects. They should be determined on sticking their career plan and not be easily influenced by others. Students who get influenced by their peers. Many end up choosing the wrong one and result in either a failure or suited for a different family.
Personality factors should also be considered when choosing the right career. An introvert cannot be an entertainer for he is too shy to face the public. A warm and friendly character is needed to be a marketing person for a large network of people is needed to sell a product. If they choose a course that has nothing to do with their personality or interests it might be boring or challenging.
In conclusion, it is important to know one self well to be able to choose the correct courses for their future career and be happy with one's career for life.
Written by: Laticea Taza
British International School
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