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Breaking the Stereotype

UDIT RAJ KAFLE

BATCH 2016

Any parents would love their

child to be a capable human being
with good profession. They want their

child to excel in whichever sector

there is. Nepalese parents, however,
have different ideas. They are obsessed

about their child being either a doctor

or an engineer. The fuss about being a
doctor or an engineer when many oth- The immense priority given to doctors

er fields are exciting as well as reward- and engineers over other profession in

ing is something I never understood. our society is something very difficult

to decipher about. Is it the pay rate?
I am a soon to be a pharmacist and And the respect they get over other

like more than two thirds of Nepal- professionals (there is a gigantic re-

ese child, who have had the privilege spect gap) is something very unusual
to study; I also rode the “becoming a but prevalent. Like majority of science

doctor or an engineer” rollercoaster. students, I was also given a clean slate

Let’s be practical for a moment. Any to choose a career, but only doctor

above average scholars are lured into or engineer could be written on that
the science stream for higher studies slate.

with huge anticipation of better scope. Amidst all the constant discussions

Then sliding down the deep dark cave and bearing through all the disap-
of doctorate and engineering is due to pointment parents’ figures, I chose

either of the following: peer pressure, Bachelors of Pharmacy, and in retro-

parenteral expectations and senti- spect, I do not regret choosing this
ments, stereotypical follower, among line of field, but not my parents. My

which passion and desire is seldom. parents exploit every opportunity to

remind me of not taking MBBS or
engineering entrance exams and how

bad of a decision I took.

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