What Type of Graduate Are You?
Graduating with only a degree and graduating with big dreams are like hidden choices for freshmen to immediately choose in the first semester. It is highly suggested because the first step in studying in the university influences the next steps the most.
Students who have already had dreams or real desires on their mind when they firstly choose a faculty in university are like seeds which are going to grow to be high trees. They will learn for something obvious so it will be easier for them to run fast on the track they have chosen. It is true because generally people tend to do something they have always wanted better than something they do not really know. It does not mean that people cannot do something new, but in this case, university is no longer a place for trying. University is a place of certainty.
Knowing that dream is like a foundation to keep them strong in studying, freshmen should have at least two plans or one exact plan to reach after they graduate. If they do not have it, they will be like seeds which are planted by an inexpert farmer, so they could grow well or unwell. They will study for a blur and they probably will be unstable in the middle of the semester. For example, they could be suddenly bored with the lessons, unsure with the continuation of the study, disappointed easily when lessons are getting harder, and many others.
Actually, the negative effects that students may get because of the uncertainty of their dreams depend on their selves. If they do not give up that easily and always try to do the best, they still can be good students. But perhaps the very obvious difference exists more on their spirit and satisfaction.
With definite intention in choosing a faculty with a dream to be something in the future, students must have high spirit in learning and doing efforts for their lectures. They will concentrate in class and actively participate in discussing material to get the knowledge perfectly. They will not let their scores to decrease even only a lecture because they have a target to reach by the very end of all semesters.
Well-planned students are not also easily satisfied with the scores they get. Even if they make all subjects “A” in the report, they will still fight for something more than just an “A”. Their dreams make them eager to improve their abilities for they know exactly that competition is everywhere and working hard to get the best result is the most important thing to keep struggling. These dreams and targets unconsciously lead them to a good habitual action and make them faster in finishing their studies.
On the contrary, students who do not have dreams and study in university only to get a degree usually have less vision about the future. They tend to follow only “the natural law” in campus. It means they do all the responsibilities, from doing assignment until exam, without any purpose to be better or more qualified. This condition makes them easily satisfied with the scores they get, whereas scores cannot guarantee the quality of a person to be able to work.
Actually, choosing to graduate with only a degree is not a problem if jobs are not the purposes of the students. But, if they want to work, having no dream is not really a good thing. It affects not only their studies in university, but also after they graduate. Their habits of letting everything goes normally without any effort to make it better cannot make them really success in working because they will do the same thing at work.
But that is not so for well-planned students. Even before they look for job vacancies on the newspaper, they have known exactly what they want to be so it will not take them a long time to read unnecessary job chances which are listed like windows of a high tower. And when they start to work, they will automatically do their best and get the success.
Now, you know what to choose if you are a freshman. The important thing is to think wisely your life purpose from the beginning of the first semester so nothing will be wrong if you have your own reason.
Beautifully written Nida. It's also well thought at the same time inspirational. Well done!
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