I hope to work as an accountant for a few years, before quitting my job after a while - this means, a long while after I get the Australian citizenship - and I hope to go back to school and do a graduate degree - be it in social work, sociology, or even mathematics.
Here are the list of careers I was suggested:
Doctor
Psychologist
Counsellor
Lecturer - Higher Education
Museums Officer
Statistician
Secondary Teacher
Librarian
Information Officer
Teacher - Special needs
This list was exceedingly accurate.
Accounting is not on the list - as expected. I do accounting in University. The reason for doing so - accounting is needed around the world. But I am more suited for other career areas!
I always wanted to be a doctor. My elder sister is a pediatrician. I always wanted to be someone who is at the forefront of medical research, someone who cures different illnesses and diseases. Unfortunately, all the major illnesses and diseases are cured - except, well, the psychiatric disorders. Like autism, AD/HD and psychosis, all of which I have.
So after my High School graduation, I applied to do Psychology in university, and got in. I did rather okay, but later, I had to drop out because of 'exorbitant fees'. The field of Psychology is still rather new in Singapore, my native country. However, I wanted to learn the best practices of the best countries at the forefront of Psychology research. Few people understood my dreams. My parents even dismissed them. It's ok. What is not ok, however, is that my parents just asked me to do any other course that is practical. At their advice, I did accounting - something I really dislike, more and more, for now.
Turns out, option 4, Lecturer in Higher Education, looks extremely attractive to me. I don't have a good degree. However, I really want to do further studies elsewhere...
Perhaps, by working as an accountant somewhere for a few years, I could save enough money to do a postgraduate degree, and switch to academia. Since I can't do a graduate degree in Singapore, given that it has only three research-based universities (and only two with courses linked to business), then I have a better chance of succeeding elsewhere.
I just thought, if I naturalise as an Australian resident especially, I will get more ready access to higher education, as well as being able to do something that fits my interests and inclinations better. And I get to pay lower fees, too!
Here are the list of careers I was suggested:
Doctor
Psychologist
Counsellor
Lecturer - Higher Education
Museums Officer
Statistician
Secondary Teacher
Librarian
Information Officer
Teacher - Special needs
This list was exceedingly accurate.
Accounting is not on the list - as expected. I do accounting in University. The reason for doing so - accounting is needed around the world. But I am more suited for other career areas!
I always wanted to be a doctor. My elder sister is a pediatrician. I always wanted to be someone who is at the forefront of medical research, someone who cures different illnesses and diseases. Unfortunately, all the major illnesses and diseases are cured - except, well, the psychiatric disorders. Like autism, AD/HD and psychosis, all of which I have.
So after my High School graduation, I applied to do Psychology in university, and got in. I did rather okay, but later, I had to drop out because of 'exorbitant fees'. The field of Psychology is still rather new in Singapore, my native country. However, I wanted to learn the best practices of the best countries at the forefront of Psychology research. Few people understood my dreams. My parents even dismissed them. It's ok. What is not ok, however, is that my parents just asked me to do any other course that is practical. At their advice, I did accounting - something I really dislike, more and more, for now.
Turns out, option 4, Lecturer in Higher Education, looks extremely attractive to me. I don't have a good degree. However, I really want to do further studies elsewhere...
Perhaps, by working as an accountant somewhere for a few years, I could save enough money to do a postgraduate degree, and switch to academia. Since I can't do a graduate degree in Singapore, given that it has only three research-based universities (and only two with courses linked to business), then I have a better chance of succeeding elsewhere.
I just thought, if I naturalise as an Australian resident especially, I will get more ready access to higher education, as well as being able to do something that fits my interests and inclinations better. And I get to pay lower fees, too!
