I've found it disturbing that more and more people are trying for professional schools (law, medicine, etc). While it is true that we don't have enough doctors, it's more the fact that most people leave to large cities for a better career. Within this I've found that there is a distinct problem with parents--specifically those within my family.

I'm graduating this year from university. The original plan was for me to go to medical school, but I've found that my interests lie in a more...fashion design direction. I think that I'm capable enough (( http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/CerasiCederwin/Angel2.jpg )) to design clothes. However, my parents are insistent that I get into medical school no matter what. Their favourite saying is asking if they've 'wasted' all this time, letting me go to university with the intent of going into medicine. I don't think it's a waste, but it's not what I want to do.

Considering how much medical school will cost and the years that will be spent there, doesn't it make more sense to go into fashion design, something I'm more interested in? I've always been better when it comes to hands on work and creative thought. I've been sketching since the beginning of high school, creating clothes that I'd like my characters to wear.

And yet I am not allowed to try to pursue the life I want to live. Compared to what they want, that life it will be easier and more enjoyable. I would be happy. But my parents are more interested in me having a comfortable life.

Do my desires and dreams mean nothing?

Someone shoot me.