What should i do when i grow up?

Question

I'm 15 now...I like science. I want to make a difference in the world and help people but I also want to make good money. I was thinking of becoming a doctor (like in a hospital) but I don't know if the working hours would be too grueling for me, although I am a hard worker. People suggest General Practitioning because the hours arent very long and you make a lot of money, but I think I would be bored doing that.

I also want to help people in poverty and starvation and disease and I want to save the planet from global warming as well.

I know these are vague, but does anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

Peaches, when I was your age I had completed all of my Catholic Primary school.  And at the age of 16 I was on my way to Tokyo, Japan to study medicine, clinical psychiatry.  Spent twelve years in Tokyo.  Then four years in Beijing, China to study acupuncture as I am holistic in my approach to my practice.  

Knowing what you desire in your heart and soul as to your profession when you grow up is a very hard decision that we all have to make in life.

I was blessed as my mother was a medical doctor, (cancer specialist). So being my mother was my very best friend I spent my childhood after school in her private research center, helping her with autopsy and caring for patients who had already signed over their body for research.

The very best advise that I can give you is that you want to pick a profession that will bring you much joy and love in life.  When you get up in the morning, you want to feel like you can't wait to get to your job.  And when the day comes to and end you take your work home with you and I assure you that you will live a very long healthy, happy life.

If one chooses a profession, for the sake of how much money they can make and not for the love of the job, they will die at a very early age usually from a heart attack.  

Nothing worse then having to get up and go to a profession that ones hates with a passion, but refuses to leave because of the money large amount of money they are making.

I loved being a volunteer doctor in war zones for no financial compensation.  I love danger and helping the poor, victims of war and abused women.  Money is of no real interest to me. (And we all know what a good clinical psychiatrist can earn in private practice).    

Don't let any body fool you about being a docotor.  Your very first year in medical school, you will find at the end of the year that over 50% of the class has been let go.  The pressure & homework is tough.

And when you think that because you have graduated medical university and start your first year internship life will really get harder.  Long hours that can run 72 plus non-stop.  Making rounds in all areas of medicine and untold pressure when you are in the emergency room.  

(A very high percentage of doctors wash out of internship and all of thier education is down the tubes as it is almost impossible to find another hospital that will allow you to complete your internship if you have been washed out of your first hospital.  (This means no ability to take the boards or obtain a Lic.) Plus the cost of your education

Will end by saying that no matter what our profession we spend a very large percentage of our time at work and one needs to love their work or for sure you the work will either kill you or you will have a breakdown. Not to say the least poor health.

Mind Doctor, France.

Money is a necessary evil, and does not buy happinness.

Answer 2

work in a laboratory and find some cures for some terrible illnesses.

Answer 3

It's difficult to give the right advice about carrier choice, but as you like science I would say you could do a lot worse than getting yourself GCSEs in science, followed by your GCEs, but don't forget to get your GCSE English, most university ask for it. For ideas of what to do try looking in the options book in the library, or google it. If you are interested in the environment you could try a degree in environmental sciences, there is demand for graduates with good degrees but you will need to work very very hard.

Good luck.

Answer 4

You could be a human rights lawyer !

or you could be a charity worker (but it doesn't earn lots of money)

Answer 5

That's kinda how I feel. I'm interested in that stuff too.

Im younger than you... and one of my friends has diabetes. Ever since he got it I've wanted to find a cure for it. :o

You could work in a disease research program thingy. maybe? :o

Answer 6

I wanna be a doctor but one for kids or one that has it's patients at home