Topics Education

Question I'm in year 11 and obviously heading to my HSC and there are so many people expecting so much from me, but I don't know if I can live up to them. Since I'm the youngest in my family and my brothers and sisters never got into university, my mother hopes to raise atleast one child of hers makes it to uni. I could do what I like doing and live a happy life but it means not making it to uni. Can you please give me some suggestions on what to do. From Daniel H.

Accepted:
March 22, 2006

Comments

Daniel, university is not the be all and end all of life, but I think it is well worthwhile. There are three obvious benefits. The first is that it is a lot of fun. The second is that it is a mind-expanding experience, and that is something that most people value for the rest of their lives. The third is that it gives you many more options for your future. Being a university teacher, I may be biased, but I also see how much students are getting out of their university experience. I say go for it.

And perhaps another consideration is this: once you go to university, you are free to take a job that does not strictly require your university education. But if you forgo a university education for now, it can be very difficult (though of course not impossible) to get one later on in life.