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[Arpita Nehra]

Some people believe that college students should consider only their own talents and interests when choosing a field of study. Others believe that college students should base their choice of a field of study on the availability of jobs in that field.

Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented

Points:

-          Midway: a field which equally rewards and is interesting

-          One extreme: life is dull and money loses value; makes very mechanical life

-          Stick to methods; no innovation

-          Other extreme: Basic requirements be fulfilled, lower than that causes personal issues

The movement from school to college is a crucial stage in life; where a decision has to be made that would in some sense shape the life of a person: choosing a field of study. A person devotes a large part of his/her time in building up of the career creating his or her own identity; hence the choice of the field of study becomes imperative. The question that props up is: what factors should be given higher weightage while making the choice. What makes the decision even more involving is the fact that some factors might be subdued in considering others. Talents and interests are on one end of such contradictory factors while availability of jobs. However, prosperity without passion makes one dull and on the other hand passion without prosperity leaves one frustrated.

The field of study is the area in which one develops their career. It is of the utmost importance to have a deep interest in the chosen field of study so as to excel and be efficient. A field of study which an individual pertains to be difficult and uninteresting would make him or her mechanical; in the sense, that the sole motivation to work comes from the paycheque- the work in itself is a mere tool to attain a luxurious life.

Further, it leads to inefficiency as the employees become more methodological so as to remain in a safe position and never try to innovate in whichever field they are working in. Consider an MBA who actually has more capability and interest in cooking but takes up a corporate job as the salary is much higher; at the end of the day, he might not be able to plan the best strategies for the company as his talent is in cooking.

However, even if the chosen field of area is less-paying; if an individual exhibits strong capability and passion, they might emerge as one of the best and gain recognition given that equal amount of hard work and dedication is put in. If the MBA student mentioned initially would have chosen to opt for hotel management in a reputed institute, he might have acquired similar or even a higher paying job in the field he was passionate about.

The discussion might be consummated by making a pitch for the field of area considering talents and interests; the only condition for success being a wholehearted commitment towards the same.