For those of us in high school who have managed to find a passion earlier on in life, we are believed to have a head start.
That is true in many aspects, so the only thing to do with a head start is to take advantage of it.
How may we do so? By putting ourselves out there in our respective fields, testing the waters and working toward a stable beginning.
What better time to focus on a passion that will carry us through a lifetime than when we still have the financial stability of our parents? However, sometimes finding a balance between passions and academics can be quite testing.
As a society, we push the idea that our lives, our career paths, and our ability to be successful revolves around an education. In many ways, this is a true statement, yet, at the rate our technology is evolving and the way we make a career for ourselves, is pursuing a post-secondary education really necessary?
It’s the dividing question we as students must ask ourselves. How are we going to choose to go about starting our career?
I am still pondering the question, and I’m certain I am not the only one.
For our entire lives, we’ve been taught that after grade school we graduate only to go back to school to find a job. However, that was before the raging new buzz of self-employment.
So, let's say that we do wish to start our own business, to pursue a more independent career, how would we go about it?
Self-employment requires much discipline, time and energy to lift off. Where do we start? Do we wait until we’ve graduated, once we have a steady job to fall back on? Or could we work while we’re in school?
The further we progress as a society, the more and more our curriculums will change to better suit our lifestyles and options for employment. Perhaps one day all of our schools will have more workshop-oriented classes that will teach us how to create our own home-based career.
For now, we should read between the lines and appreciate the self-discipline school teaches us.
Macy How is a grade 11 student at Brooks Secondary School.
