I was very impressed and touched when
reading a letter written by a student to her sponsor in which she talked about
why she harbors a dream of being a psychologist. N is not your typical
18-year-old young Vietnamese woman as her thinking is unusual. But she also is
concerned that she might not easily be employed after her university graduation.
“I want to be a psychologist, which
is very strange for a girl of my age according to the opinion of my friends. At
my school, it has never been mentioned by my teachers in the career’s advice
sessions, so it is totally new to my friends. I heard about this job through an
article in a newspaper when I was in grade 10. There was a story about a family
having a son with serious depression. His family had not noticed their son’s
problem. Then he committed suicide.
His family were very sad and
regretted having not cared enough for their son. Since then, I have started
reading more about psychology and gradually realized that I want to do
something to help people with psychological problems. This job is essential in
the field of mental health care. In fact, it is popular in developing countries,
but in Viet Nam it is not mentioned a lot in daily life. Here they tend to care
about their finances and physical health more than their mental health.
One month ago, I found out an
interesting online forum called SOS – share our stories. It mainly talks about
sexual abuse, how it happens and how the abused are helped. In this forum,
there are many real-life cases in which the abused have kept their stories for
many years because no one knew how to help them until this forum appeared.
At school, our lessons are almost only
theory such as geography, history or numbers. It lacks life skills like how to
protect ourselves from dangerous situations. So, I am very worried about my
future if I graduate from psychology because whatever degree we graduate with
should meet the requirements of the labor market of the time. I think I should
have more ideas for my future just in case. I hope you will support me no
matter what my plan is.”
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