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and even where not, should be ignored. At least in case of conflict. Discuss.
In parents' imaginative, somehow at the same time ideal and dismal, worlds there are only engineers, doctors, lawyers and maybe a token economist.
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I would not even stand too strongly for my own advice on the same thread if anyone has a real revulsion at the other subjects and is unable to see how anyone could be interested in them, even if that is IMHO a bit disqualifyingly narrow-minded. (But it could be a sop for parents).
In parents' imaginative, somehow at the same time ideal and dismal, worlds there are only engineers, doctors, lawyers and maybe a token economist.
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l-1j-cho said:Straightforwardly, my parents want me to become an engineer since they can easily get a job. On the contrary, a professor is the only job that a mathematician can get. But I want to pursue my career in mathematics, especially the number theory, since life is once and I think one should do whatever he loves to do for his career. I am a high school student. How does mathematics career look like?
I would not even stand too strongly for my own advice on the same thread if anyone has a real revulsion at the other subjects and is unable to see how anyone could be interested in them, even if that is IMHO a bit disqualifyingly narrow-minded. (But it could be a sop for parents).
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