Subject conflict

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Just because I have scored 76% in my higher secondary exams which is the key to get admitted to a college in India. …it does not mean that I’m a bad girl or that I’m not sincere. My marks in english are very good its 93/100….I hv decided to take up english honours n go into journalism or may be write a book. But my parents are strictly against it. bcz of my aggregate i won’t b able to get into the A-grade colleges but that does not mean i don’t hv a future does it ??? bt sum A-grade colleges offer othr subjects other than english and d criteria marks 4 those r pretty low. My parents are literally forcing me to apply in those colleges even if its not english. I don’t want to. bt they keep tellin wid such a low aggregate u actually hv no future…all my classmates hv scored in 90s & above 90s. 2day my mom took me 2 her frnd’s house , n evn her frnds’s son n daughter hv got way bettr mrks than me . she kept on talkin in front f them hw i cnt get into reputed institutions given my percentage. Mom says u cnt cope up wid english syllabus of d uviversities, bt i quite like it n i kno i cn. she says u r not capable , many ppl didt study eng bcz of d tough syllabi…..doesn’t mean dat i wud not too..I love english i dnt kno wat to do..plz help

Category: asked June 3, 2014

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Your life will not depend on what school you get into. It will only depend on how driven you are to make it work. If you want to write, you don;t necessarily need to have a degree in journ/writing, you just need to have a story to tell. Im not sure about how unis work in India, but maybe you can get into those other colleges for the first term with a different major/course and shift or cross register to the university you like the next term? Or maybe you can try to look for open universities who offer english/journalism coursesonline, they usually are more lenient. There can't be only one path to your dreams.
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Grades are arbitrary measurements set by as society that wants people to grow clones amd not flourish creativity. Do you want to live your life hindered by something arbitrary or do you find another path? Make a gameplan to work on with what you've got.
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If you're that good in English and aim to be a journalist, then bloody write properly at least. Such incoherence, such pleb, wow.