Hello everyone! Have you ever told anyone about a dream career or goal you have and they completely shot you down, as if you could never make it? I want to become a gynecologist and some people look at me and are like, "That's so gross!", "You'll never make it!" or "Trust me. You're making a mistake wasting your life trying to be something like that." So I look back at them and I'm like, "Yeah that's what I want to be and you'll be looking for me in a heartbeat if you ever get burned"
This happens to me all the time, when I'm asked what my future plans are. So I want to know. Has anyone else experienced this before.
Dreambusters= Haters. If a person has time to sit there and doubt your ability to do something, they're probably miserable themselves. This guy once told me that I was crazy for wanting to be a psychiatrist b/c I'm gonna be in school for so long b4 I get into my profession. So I asked him what he wanted to do with his life, and he said he wanted to skip college all together and become a garbage man for the city of Newark. :???: Whatever! I use that negative energy to push me forward, so when I finally do reach my goal, I can say that even though they thought I couldn't do it, I did it anyway.
Dreambusters= Haters. If a person has time to sit there and doubt your ability to do something, they're probably miserable themselves. This guy once told me that I was crazy for wanting to be a psychiatrist b/c I'm gonna be in school for so long b4 I get into my profession. So I asked him what he wanted to do with his life, and he said he wanted to skip college all together and become a garbage man for the city of Newark. :???: Whatever! I use that negative energy to push me forward, so when I finally do reach my goal, I can say that even though they thought I couldn't do it, I did it anyway.
I had a friend in high school tell me that I shouldn't go to a black college because it doesn't prepare me for the real world. :???: I told him McDonalds ain't any better either
Garbage men do get paid alot, don't get me wrong...but look at it this way, would you rather collect people's stinky **** garbage for a living, or become a sucessful psychiatrist and change the world in some way? :-)
I had a friend in high school tell me that I shouldn't go to a black college because it doesn't prepare me for the real world. :???: I told him McDonalds ain't any better either
Yeah. This has happened to me plenty of times. Once I told people I wanted to be a Marine, they looked at me like I was crazy, and told me I lackd the discipline to be a Marine. They told me I'd get sick of people yelling at me, and what not. All I have to say is, I'm only one more summer session away from becoming a second Lieutenant. 8)
Congrats :grin:
yea cosigning..thats big. congrats...
Anyways, I can honestly say no one has ever shot down my dreams. People have always been supportive of my dreams and goals.
I can relate...I want to major in Communications and work for a television newstation. I was told I should be a teacher instead since I was the "smart one"...I've always been told my sister is the "pretty one" so she should model or be on television. But when it all comes down to it is what you think you're made of that shows later on not what others think. I had to learn that what others thought of me was not always relevant.
This happens to me all the time, when I'm asked what my future plans are. So I want to know. Has anyone else experienced this before. 
