Career Crisis. Help!

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hey, everyone!</p>

<p>So basically, I have a career crisis. I can't figure out what to do with my life.</p>

<p>I know I have two options: medicine and politics.</p>

<p>Medicine is the option that everyone has been telling me I'd be great at since I was a little kid. Everyone I know wants me to be a doctor - my friends, my parents, my teachers, my coaches, my family - and they all think I'd be a really good doctor.</p>

<p>I'm very good at science, but I have to try really hard. And I don't think I've ever felt that real passion for medicine unless I actually try to feel passion for it. </p>

<p>On the other hand, politics.</p>

<p>I adore history. Everything and anything to do with American history and government and politics is just so fascinating to me. I literally have to tear myself away from my history textbook so I can do other homework and not just finish the book in one sit-down. I have always had intense intellectual passion for this subject and also for English. </p>

<p>The trouble with politics as a career is that I'm a compulsively ethical person who hates arguing, and politics seems so cut-throat and is definitely a lot of arguing.</p>

<p>So I just need some advice on which career to choose. I know it's ridiculous that I'm posting this on CC, but I've run out of options.</p>

<p>Sorry this is so abysmally long, and thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>I think you know which answer is right, you just want to hear it from someone else. It’s pretty clear what YOU want to do. </p>

<p>PS. I’m the same way about history. I procrastinated homework by reading up on history</p>

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<p>You’d be doing ethics an injustice if you failed to defend what you stand for. </p>

<p>Politics is the clear choice for you. You might want to take some courses in public speaking and join a debate team, or something along those lines, just to see if you can change your mind about this whole arguing thing.</p>

<p>Besides, real politics is about campaigning for and defending a certain stance by appealing to the logos and ethos of the public. Debate is civil and intends to discover the best course of action; arguing is about being self-centered and closed-minded.</p>