Are engineering and medicine the only professions?

K ids commonly grow up listening that boys should opt for the engineering field while girls should take up the medical profession. The question which often comes to my mind is why don’t parents ask their children if they have any particular interest or what they would want to become in their life?

No doubt, being parents they are more concerned about their children’s future and in deciding the career of their choice they prefer one that offers the best scope for success.

The great scientist Albert Einstein said: “Everyone is a genius but if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

Children should have the freedom to choose their career. So even if they fail, they will learn from it. Parents should tell children about all the pros and cons of different professions, but should not pressurise them to become a doctor or an engineer as there are so many fields in this world. Let children explore themselves.

Hasnain Ali Joyo,

Nawabshah

The copy-culture

I am enrolled in an intermediate college. I am glad to say that I have never taken part in cheating in exams or copying. And I am not ashamed to admit that I was tempted time and again by uneven circumstances to step into this messy trend. During my matriculation exams, I witnessed students “copying” as it was a normal thing to do. It was indeed a painful sight. But my commitment was not shattered because I was fuelled with uncompromising self-belief.

Since my intentions were right, I passed my exams gracefully without being part of the traditional copy culture. I have continued to stick to my firm principles in my intermediate exams too. Knowing that poor grades can severely dent my ambition of becoming a doctor, I prefer loosing gracefully than winning cheaply.

I am neither a politician nor a civil servant, yet I consider it my duty to contribute whatever I can in my limited range of resources, to the improvement and empowerment of our society.

Harendra Kumar,

Hyderabad

A talented boy

This is with reference to the story “A talented boy” by Faizan Wasim (YW, June 17). The story had a nice topic but the writer skipped one main point that talent is always nourished by hard work because the route to success is in one’s own struggle. Some people are blessed with innate abilities while some are not, however, only those who use their abilities properly achieve success.

Mahaz Tahir,

Turbat

Published in Dawn, Young World July 22nd, 2017