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Due to the support for this blog, we have now raised $62ish, all of which will go towards the Chordoma Foundation. Thank you.

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

To put it all in perspective

Most of you reading this probably don't know what you are going to do with your life. If your parents are Asian, then they probably want you to go into one of the following 3 things: business, engineering or medicine( if your parents are not Asian, they will tell you they just want you to be happy but they still secretly want you to go into one of the three careers mentioned previously) Unfortunately, those 3 faculties only accept a certain number of students. Well, what do you do if you don't get in? Well take medicine for example. It is one of the most difficult faculties to get into, but don't despair if you don't get in. Think about what a doctor does. He/she diagnoses and treats illness in humans. That is the important part. Imagine a career just like that description but with one slight alteration. Say you want still want to diagnose and treat something, but no one will trust you with their life. Well, then why not become a veterinarian. Benefits include not having as much stress on the job (I mean if you lose a gerbil on the operating table, no one's going to be that devestated and that means no lawsuits). Or if no one is willing to trust you with their pet's lives then you can still diagnose and treat illness in plants. That's right, plants. Absolutely no one cares about these things so you can accidentally kill as many as you like and get away with it. Unfortunately, a new imigrant could easily out compete you since they will charge alot less to do the same work. If no one trusts their plant's lives with you, well, then maybe you just weren't cut out for this whole job thing. Better luck in your next life. (By the way, this was not intended to insult any of the people who do the jobs mentioned above. In fact, I would probably rather be a veterinarian or a gardener than a doctor if I were to choose.)

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