Want to go abroad?

Parents these days would like their children to work abroad when they graduate. Their solution? Taking up a course in the medical field. For example, my relatives were talking to my cousin, telling her that she should take nursing so that she could work abroad, preferably in the United States.

A while ago, I just read up the news in my RSS reader (just got the time to read news) that it’s now very hard to work abroad, especially in the United States. I think it’s also because of the recession or something like that. That will be a very bad news for newly nursing graduates, especially the ones who just passed their NCLEX examinations.

I’ve heard a story from my Mom that there was one who went to the US. He was looking for a job, maybe he was looking for a job opening in some hospitals. He already passed the NCLEX exam, but no hospital hired him as a nurse. Maybe that’s how strict it is now but there is one lesson you should learn.

The lesson here is, don’t ever go for something that is not your choice. Choose something that you will like and love to do in the long run. You can ask your parents, relatives, or professionals advice or things related to the course you’re taking.

The reason of people taking the course of just wanting to go abroad is pathetic and useless. If you’re still starting to move to your college years, this is what wise people advise me to do: as early as possible, set your goal and go for it. Here’s one thing I can say, going abroad can’t make you rich or successful, it just depends on the person whether he or she wants to be successful.

Anyway, I’m not telling you to quit something and go for something else. My point is, if you’ve found something that you really love to do, go for that field. Even though you’ve encountered problems, you’ll have the effort to face that problem and solve it because you already know that you can do it.