"When Dreams Shift: Why I Chose Sociology Over Childhood Ambitions."

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Good day, people of Hive! Welcome to my blog. Today's topic is from Scifimultiverse which says "Childhood Dreams?" So let's dive in.

We all had childhood dreams when we were young. Some of us wanted to become doctors, lawyers, engineers, while others dreamt of becoming presidents, bankers, nurses, etc. Unfortunately, not everyone's dream came to fulfilment. Instead, our dreams changed as we grew up.

For me, my childhood dream was to become a Soldier. Back then when I was young, I really loved and admired soldiers because of how they rescued people and were ready to lay down their lives just to save their country. Anytime I saw soldiers passing by, especially in their uniforms, I would watch them, then tell myself, “Oluwatosin, you will also be like them one day.”

As I was growing older, I started hearing people say that soldiers often die gruesome and untimely deaths, leaving their families to grieve their loss. Hearing such words scared me to death. I was still young, but I knew I didn’t want to die and leave my family and loved ones in pain because of me. That’s why I lost interest in my soldier dream.

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As time passed, I decided I would become a Doctor, telling myself that soldiers and doctors are still the same because they both rescue lives, just that one saves lives on the battlefield while the other does it in the hospital. I chose the doctor path because anytime I saw doctors in their white coats, I always felt happy, and I loved how people respected them.

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But then, when my dad wanted to enroll me in another school, because my former school fees kept increasing term by term, he decided to put me in a school closer to our house. On the day of the admission, the school proprietor wanted to check if I would fit into the Science department since I told him that was what I wanted. But after checking my ability, he noticed I wasn’t good enough for Science. He then convinced me to go for Art but I told him no that I want to go for Science department, so he told me that if my performance wasn’t good for Science, he would move me to Art. With no choice, I picked the Art department.

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After joining the Art department, I convinced myself again that if I couldn’t become a doctor, then I would become a Lawyer, saying lawyers are also like soldiers and doctors, they help people and are respected too. But after I graduated from secondary school, I lost interest in becoming a lawyer. Because I heard people saying lawyers read and read non-stop, and that their learning never ends and have witnessed it because one of our neighbour daughter was studying law in school and I can see she's always reading. As someone who doesn’t like stress, I just gave up on that dream too.

Today, I’m not living my childhood dreams, because I’m currently a Sociology student at Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, and honestly, I’m loving this course. I know sociology may not be as common as being a lawyer, doctor, or soldier, but it’s a course that opens people’s eyes to society. Sociology deals with how people think, why they behave a certain way, and how culture and religion shape our everyday lives.

The reason why I took a detour is because I understand what I can do, what I can’t do, and what I enjoy the most. I’ve realized that not every dream is meant for us. Let’s imagine I’m a soldier, doctor, or lawyer today, would I love them the way I love my current course (Sociology)? Absolutely not. Because this course has opened my eyes to how people think, behave, and how society works.

If I have the opportunity to live my childhood dreams, would I?

Honestly, the answer would be no, because I’ve come to love Sociology, even though it wasn’t my childhood dream.

This is my entry for Scifi Multiverse Prompt

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