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Originally posted by The Highroller What's more, the chances of a child succeeding in a field of study (especially a likely difficult one like engineering, medecin, etc) which was forced upon him/her is very low.

I'm not sure if I'm in agreement with this statement Graham.

I doubt there are any stats to prove it since at the current moment laws prevent the gathering of information on student's academic success in universities based on their cultural, spiritual, or ethnicity. I think someone recently proposed that though, but I'm not sure if it passed or not. I"m sure if you really wanted to though, you could probably put together info. from various sources to come up with some pretty solid stats.

Most kids I've known/know (usually immigrants) who face extreme pressure from their parents to pursue the more difficult professions such as; Medicine, Engineering, Law, etc.. may not be thrilled about pursuing these professions, but they not only tend to excel in those fields for the most part, but lead the pack overall especially here in Toronto's 3 major universities.

Logically, what you're saying makes sense to me though. I need to be interested in something, especially if it's something that I'll be dedicating 4+yrs to complete and then work in. But we need to remember, that different cultures approach these things differently. The 'my interest first' that we are spoiled here in the Western world with, isn't shared by most of the world. Meaning, they will think about the well being of their 'family', knowing that their parents came to Canada to give them a better future, and they almost feel obliged to succeed and become the person their parents dream of...even if it means they have to go to school and graduate in a field that they're not happy with or would've chosen for themselves.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur It IS related to ontariocolleges.ca. They started the second phase of their campaign this past Monday I think, with a new line of posters saying "Thankfully Obay isn't real" Edit: here So no more mystery, which is why I was saying it was late to jump on the discussion wagon now.

Brutal. I wish the ads were for something where the connection between ad and message weren't so stretched. It's a clever campaign, but the wow factor at the end really falls flat.

this campaign would have been better if it was aimed at taking a stab at the pharmaceautical industry. i would have loved to have seen that!

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Originally posted by Skipper Brutal. I wish the ads were for something where the connection between ad and message weren't so stretched. It's a clever campaign, but the wow factor at the end really falls flat.

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Originally posted by Aleks_B this campaign would have been better if it was aimed at taking a stab at the pharmaceautical industry. i would have loved to have seen that!

That's what I was thinking it would be. Definitely falls short.

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Originally posted by El K Dee yea and then u have people going in for an arts degree in photography or something cos "thats what they looooove" and then finding themselves stuck without a job in that "field" cos u dont really need a degree to be a professional photographer

it's a matter of drawing the line somewhere. Photography and arts, boosting cars and building lowriders and other things they "love doing" are merely hobbies; most parents are concerned that their kids may not succeed by following their desires.

Money can be made with what you love doing, no doubt about it; it's just that there are some individuals that can not commit to putting the best of their skills and passion to become wealthy and achieve their ultimate goals in life.

You don't need a degree to be successful in what you do, you need persistency, consistency and tactic.

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Originally posted by The Highroller What's more, the chances of a child succeeding in a field of study (especially a likely difficult one like engineering, medecin, etc) which was forced upon him/her is very low. I can understand why a parent would want to try to force their child into a field of study that would lead to work in a more lucrative industry, but it's very misguided. In my opinion, for the average person, those fields of study are near impossible to excel in unless you take a personal interest in it.

There's a saying.....beat the iron while it's hot.

If you want your kids to become something, show them the way while they're young so they can get a zest of it; get them involved in activities that get them interested in the subject of work that looks promising in the future, when they're all grown up.

Telling the kid he/she can not do this and that when they're 12 or older is a hassle as they have a sense of the world, they're not "quite fresh" anymore, they form their own ideas and personalities (well...most of them)

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