IN A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES, WE BECOME OUR OWN LIMITATION

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There is this obvious problem with our regular system that I observed. When we are ready to move into senior secondary school, it's kinda mandated that we choose whether we wanna be part of science or the art department. It seems like an easy decision to make and seems not to affect much at that time, but I have noticed how it goes on to cause a massive ripple effect in some people's life as they progress into college.

The entire life of an individual is almost decided at that point and is dependent on this cheap decision which is ridiculous in my own point of view. If the individual involved chooses science or art, depending on what the case may be, the individual is expected to go through that field (science or art) for eternity. This decision limits a person to the range of courses based on the particular field in question and this is not a good idea.

I believe that those early years of ones life is very crucial for exploring all sorts of things and doing several new stuffs. That is how passions and interests are discovered. With this system, the exploratory part of life could be stripped from several people in a quest to choose a particular field when they might not even know much about those fields and career. Unfortunately, many become lost, pursuing what they don't wanna be doing and as a result only a few realise this and even fewer people get to find their way back. 

I have also noticed how easily youths can be pressured to go for a career they don't want to be doing. This is quite tricky, parents could be vocal about what they want their kids to be. The tricky part is that when their kids hear this, the information might just get registered in their head and they could also second their parents instantaneously, especially when they the career in question sounds cool to them. Then later, when they are fed up with it, they force themselves to like that particular career, maybe to avoid disappointing their parents. This is worse when the kid is a parent pleaser. 

Afterwards, the kid becomes completely lost and doesn't even know what will be the right career choice for him or her because they have swam in the wrong ocean for a very long time. 

You will be doing yourself a huge favour if you choose to break away from any sort of limitation and explore an different horizons, till you find the career you love and marry it.