THE WORDS : A POWERFUL TOOL Juan Diego Diaz González
What do you want to be when you grow up ? We have to think about this question since childhood , and the most of the times the answer changes with the time . When we are children , to be superhero , sportsman or singer are maybe our favorite options , but when we are teenagers the future is not very clear , and to choose a way is a very hard decision . This last situation was my case although now I have more clarity what I want to do with my life , and I have a better perspective of my future , the work that I want and the role that I will play in the society . Currently , I am studying philology a career that helps me so much with my purpose : being a writer . So , I am going to explain my vision about my relation with the society , and how by being someone who only writes over a piece of paper , I can change the way that a person thinks .
To make “ the best ” decision about our future usually we consider many external factors as the opinion of our parents , friends , teachers , the person who is our example to follow and other people that - with advices - try to help us . Even , the movies or books are an important factor because these show us some situations that a person , with the profession that we want , must face . Words like “ an engineer earn very well ”, “ this is a family of lawyers ” “ look for a career that makes you happy ” sometimes help us , but other times these words destroy us . Therefore , there are a lot cases of students that after a few semesters in a career they don ´ t feel love or passion for their future profession and end leaving the university or changing their academic road .
Also , there is the possibility that the students enter to a career with a wrong idea about this , and for this reason someone of them leave that option to take other course . However , other students like the career even more that the first idea they had about it . In my personal case , I am the first category of student . When I had to decide what to study , I considered a lot of the