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ok, I have been inspired.
I was just thinking.
Ten years from now, where will we all be? I know where I will be... probably in a Oncology Fellowship. But think, 20, 30, 40 years, where will we be then?
But just to think about how great the futures of my friends are its really amazing...
Some of you will be musicians, actors, psychologists, doctors, writers, pastors, artists, designers, lawers, linguists, nurses and politicians.
So many kids in the U.S. don't have any idea what they want to do in their life, and would rather sit on their behinds in front of the internet all day, instead of going a pursuing their dreams. Its really easy to give up your dreams. I know every once in a while I think how easy it would be to drop out of college, or switch to another major and leave behind becoming a doctor. Sometimes it seems the effort I am putting in now is not worth it. Most people think becoming a doctor will automatically make you rich. This is such a common misconception. When I finish med school, I will have debt (a word that is not in my vocabulary right now). I will have to go through an intense residency and then a fellowship. If I decide I want my PhD as well, I will have to do that as well. To some people, all this effort would not be worth it. The pay is not out of this world, although it is certainly not bad. A lot of people become doctors for the money, but quickly realize its not worth it. So why would I put myself through this? It sounds so cliche, but I truely want to help people. I am probably going to chose Oncology as my specialty. Why such a depressing specialty? One in three people will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their life. ONE in THREE. But, over the past 10 years, and even 5 years HUGE breakthroughs have been made. For example, Gleevec is a chemotherapy that has shown to be very effective in treating CML, a chronic form of leukemia. I believe in my life time more breakthroughs, like Gleevec, will occur. I want to be one of the people looking for a cure, researching. I want to be the doctor that can bring hope to those who have none. Moreover, to bring hope to a disease that is seen as so hopeless. But these are my dreams...
No matter what your dream is, your goal, you must be passionate about it, or you will lose it. Giving up is incredibly easy. Passion is going to separate you from the next guy. My passion for a cure, my passion for helping people, is what keeps me going.
I don't know that is just something to think about, to chew on.
oh & all those people who want me to be a plastic surgeon...SORRY, there's a lack of passion there.
I was just thinking.
Ten years from now, where will we all be? I know where I will be... probably in a Oncology Fellowship. But think, 20, 30, 40 years, where will we be then?
But just to think about how great the futures of my friends are its really amazing...
Some of you will be musicians, actors, psychologists, doctors, writers, pastors, artists, designers, lawers, linguists, nurses and politicians.
So many kids in the U.S. don't have any idea what they want to do in their life, and would rather sit on their behinds in front of the internet all day, instead of going a pursuing their dreams. Its really easy to give up your dreams. I know every once in a while I think how easy it would be to drop out of college, or switch to another major and leave behind becoming a doctor. Sometimes it seems the effort I am putting in now is not worth it. Most people think becoming a doctor will automatically make you rich. This is such a common misconception. When I finish med school, I will have debt (a word that is not in my vocabulary right now). I will have to go through an intense residency and then a fellowship. If I decide I want my PhD as well, I will have to do that as well. To some people, all this effort would not be worth it. The pay is not out of this world, although it is certainly not bad. A lot of people become doctors for the money, but quickly realize its not worth it. So why would I put myself through this? It sounds so cliche, but I truely want to help people. I am probably going to chose Oncology as my specialty. Why such a depressing specialty? One in three people will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their life. ONE in THREE. But, over the past 10 years, and even 5 years HUGE breakthroughs have been made. For example, Gleevec is a chemotherapy that has shown to be very effective in treating CML, a chronic form of leukemia. I believe in my life time more breakthroughs, like Gleevec, will occur. I want to be one of the people looking for a cure, researching. I want to be the doctor that can bring hope to those who have none. Moreover, to bring hope to a disease that is seen as so hopeless. But these are my dreams...
No matter what your dream is, your goal, you must be passionate about it, or you will lose it. Giving up is incredibly easy. Passion is going to separate you from the next guy. My passion for a cure, my passion for helping people, is what keeps me going.
I don't know that is just something to think about, to chew on.
oh & all those people who want me to be a plastic surgeon...SORRY, there's a lack of passion there.