Im a 19 year old sophomore female majoring in business at uni and got 2 more years to go. However,I feel like im wasting my time here and also not enjoying it though i know have an aptitude to study business and wanting to make it as my career. Its just that im so confused right now and having a hard time atm as im expected to acquire two types of degree at once which are the bachelor in business and automotive engineering and Im very much certain of myself that it would drive me insane and even now, im so worn out now just by thinking of this problematic idea which is mainly suggested by my dad whos the director in the family business at the moment.
I became to be involved in the family business focused on Automotive repair services for 3years , However ive kinda lost passion for it right now as im incapable of handling all the things happening in my current life and few weeks ago, when i was doing a work on the car, changing brake pads and I was totally out of concentration at that time,thinking about how to fix/overcome this problem and eventually this was led into a stupid mistake - Forgot to put the caliper back on the front-left side of tyre. Every employees there saw my mistake and made a fun of me indirectly by talking about me behind my back, treating me like i wont be able to do anything cuz im a female.I find working with guys in a male-dominated business hard enough as being an opposite gender.Anyways Ive done this work lot of time and this was my first time making a mistake on it. I understand the concept of workplace/society is harsh and that many people around you will act harsh on ya as they want to win over you and bring you down and so on. This being said I accepted my negligence though i felt hurt inside because of how this has been a 'hot' topic for few weeks. So in addition to this, I thought its rather better for me to switch my path to Automotive engineering as early as possible as so that i can upgrade my skills/technique to competitive level as my dads employees' and that I actually want to specialise in this business. In addition to this, if i ever want to study business in future, then ill go for a graduate certificate or graduate diploma in business which would take 6months to a year to complete as according to the info booklet provided by the uni im currently attending to and in regard to this, it is stated that you would be only studying the few papers based on what youve chosen.
I ll need to go to a polytechnic to major in automotive engineering because from where Im from which is NZ and as opposed to US where there are many many community colleges,universities, here in NZ there are only 7 universities and non of them offer automotive engineering courses, though they have engineering courses that require you a 4-5yrs of study and it involves many theoretical work but hardly practical work provided as you may already know of. This means that i ll need to switch into another tertiary education provider in which this does not matter to me at all, but dad thinks reputation is what matters the most so that i can get into big corporates but then at the same time he pursues that i should take over the family business hence i should know in depth about cars and business.
My question is that, does having a business degree itself gurantee you anything successful in future,does it really matter?Majority of yahoo answers regarding 'Is it worthing having a business degree?%26quot; seem to be too general as most of the answers are like %26quot; yes, you can earn $$$ a year,make yourself rich n you can work in the famous financial institutions around the world,, and of course you will be more recognised than those who dont have a degree%26quot;.It makes sense at some point but Ive heard this million times so,, I just want a different answer here as I need to make myself a decision based on the most reasonable justification and pursue my dream regardless of what the obstacles are.
My dad is the main person whom I have a trouble with and have argument with. Despite of this, I am a motivated person wanting to achieve in something and its not bad being in the family business but im just not certain how to solve the anxiety thats affecting my life at the moment.I just cannot understand the concept of majoring in two different types of subject at once, cuz i aint a production robot .Moreover this would mean I ll need to attend two different unis and it would double and triple the student loan i get.Its almost impossible and having a quality personal life is significant! Id rather go for one thing and let the other becomes the opportunity cost and just learn the business aspects in a real practice.
Do you think it is too late to switch the path?
your advice and opinions are kindly appreciated
Thankyou
Family business %26amp; choosing a major,. Please Help!?
hello there quite a history im currently a student of ACCA my father is a business man once i told my father that i will not do a job my father asked me then what will u do i told him i will do business just like u he ask me that u dont have an experience i said u will teach me then he gave me advice that if u want to learn some thing first do a job and learn on somebody else money. this is very good advice to u and other thing do what ever u want to do but study and there is nothing more good then joining a family business i can assure u that
