To be or
not to be - that is the question I asked myself when faced with the prospect of
studying law a few years back.
It was a
tough question, one I could not take lightly. To study for another five years,
to study something else or to start working immediately after my graduation,
these were the A-B-C options I had. I took the second option. I decided to
study journalism.
My choice
was a disappointment for many and a surprising move for others. But I had made it
nonetheless.
Now, after
two years, at the cusp of my post graduation degree and after the submission of
my thesis on ‘Conflict Reportage in Indian English Newspapers’ I am finally
sure that I indeed made the right choice.
However,
now that I’ll be going out into the real world, I realize that the expectations
of all those people who supported me as well as those who were skeptical of my
choice are entirely too much. Over time, people have come to expect great
things from those who complete their ‘Masters’ degree and the case is the same
here.
I’m
expected to get selected into a large firm, get a respectable position and draw
a salary that an HR would choke on before doling it out to a fresher. Great
expectations!
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Confidence
in a person’s ability is great, but turning this person into Atlas by tossing
him a world of expectations and saying, “Catch!” well that’s not cool. Time and
experience is what takes someone to great heights and erecting an unreal
pedestal before that helps nobody.
Hence, all
you impertinent parents and teachers and friends and relatives, calm down.
It will
happen… in Time.
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