Ego-centric Society!

A baby is born knowing nothing about the cruel world that exists out there. His parents have already built up hopes as to what he is going to become, a doctor or perhaps an engineer, while the infant is still sound asleep and oblivious of the plans his parents have made already!

Pakistani parents usually want their children to become doctors or engineers, or the high ranked so called "uncorrupted" civil servants. This is completely fine for the EGO-CENTRIC parents, who are naive of what their children wants. If our elders or parents look around and broaden their horizons then they might be able to behold that there are thousands of other fields, which can earn them the same level of respect and status in society. Corporate bankers, human resource, advertising, architecture, art, web development, music and not to forget media, are some of the fields which should be kept in mind while deciding children's career.

Talking about divergent careers, sports can be taken as a serious career option. Sports generally is taken as a recreational past-time in Pakistan except of course CRICKET! It's not like Pakistan does not have talent. Recently, sports gala took place at Lahore School of Economics. I, being a student at LSE saw some future champions in the making. We have Soccer , table-tennis, Badminton, and not to miss Basket Ball players. But the problem still remains... our parents do not consider these as serious career options.

It will remain there as long as we ourselves do not try to think out of the box. We should try to convince our parents and enlighten them with other career possibilities. Not only our future but our Country's future relies on us. Pakistan has had enough doctors and engineers, it is time we get Pakistan career oriented people!