Topic for discussion: Choosing the future profession

Choosing the future profession

School… Lessons, games, clubs, homework…

But one day you go to school for the last time. What to do after that? You realize that the time to choose one job out of the hundreds has come. Finishing school we must finally decide what trade or profession we’ll choose as the main line of our lifetime, a trade or profession that is really close to our hearts and interests, something we are really good at, some line following which we can serve our country the best way possible. It's going to be a hard choice and nobody can make it for you.

The problem of choosing the future profession has always been very important. The profession a person chooses in many ways determines his future life. This is a universal problem of our epoch. Every generation in this or that way comes across it. For most people choosing a career is not an easy task. It is one of the most important decisions one makes in life. The properly chosen career makes a person happy and successful for the rest of his life.

There are several factors that influence the decision of young people to make their choice. They concern material and spiritual aspects of the future profession. It is generally believed that professions should be both prestigious and interesting. Everybody wants to benefit from the social privileges provided by the profession. At the same time other factors are important. Much depends on the inclinations and interests of the person. Although it is wonderful when one's hobby becomes one's profession it seldom happens in reality. Another important factor is social environment. The profession of the parents often in this or that way influences the future profession of their children.

It is impossible to forget about the material aspect of the future profession. It indicates the level of the society's values. Today all professions can be classified as prestigious and not prestigious. The problem of prestige is subjective. Nobody can explain the meaning of this notion. “Prestigious” jobs give a chance to an individual to enter the upper circles of the society. When the job is prestigious money is of secondary importance. The future profession should be interesting and meet the demands of the person.

Some of us want to become physicians, others teachers, economists, historians, mathematicians, biologists, and computer operators. All the professions are very useful. Physicians help people to be healthy and live a long life. They save the lives of their patients. This profession requires well-educated people. Mistakes are impossible in this profession. Physicians should be very patient and attentive with their patients.

Many young people consider teaching as a career. It's not surprising: after your parents your teacher may be the most important person in your life.

Teachers should be patient and kind. They should not only give knowledge to their pupils but understand their problems, help them to become real citizens of their country, be honest and hard working. For education to be successful, teachers and pupils should work together. Every word and every gesture of the teacher should be carefully chosen, otherwise the misunderstanding is inevitable. Certainly, it is very difficult to be a teacher, because sometimes pupils do not behave properly. They can shout, whistle, and drum on the desk. Teachers should maintain discipline among the troublemakers. At the same time one should not forget that discipline should work hand in hand with freedom. Freedom is welcomed if it helps a pupil to learn. Teachers should encourage their pupils to do things successfully.

John Steinbeck said, “I've come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and you know how few great artists there are in the world. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since its medium is the human mind and the human spirit”.

To be a good teacher you must be genuinely interested in what you are doing. A good teacher catalyzes in his pupils the burning desire to know and love for the truth and beauty. It is not easy. It is a real challenge to your character, abilities and talent, as teaching is a constant stream of decisions.