What will you do if you were in this predicament?
By laydee
@laydee (12798)
Philippines
July 7, 2008 1:53am CST
My brother, who is 5years younger than me, has only 1 year internship left before graduating his Medical Technology Degree.
He has only around 8months more to go before he'd finish the internship.
Then suddenly, he comes home and tells you that he's had enough with the internship and has decided to quit. He says he isn't cut-out for that field and doesn't really know what he wants.
What will you do? Would you motivate him of going back? or would you support him in his decision?
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4 responses
@checapricorn (16060)
• United States
7 Jul 08
I will try to motivate him to go back. MAybe he just encounter some bad experience with people whom he is working with right now but he needs to handle it properly since that is life. Anyway, Im not sure what are the reasons but, I will advice you to motivate him and after that 1 year, he can always do whatever he wants in life, he might regret if he will stop right now!
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@AmbiePam (121098)
• United States
7 Jul 08
I would probably urge him to continue since he is so close to finishing. He is almost at the end of the line, and with the finish line so close, fatigue might be getting him down. If he doesn't finish he might regeret it. At least if he finishes and then really finds out he doesn't want to do this, he has the option of his degree being behind him if he ever needs another occupation to fall back on. But whatever he finally decided, I'd be on board.
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@williamjisir (22819)
• China
7 Jul 08
I think that it is better to encourage him to finish his internship since there are only eight months to go. Whatever we do, we must persist in what we are doing. Since he has already had medicine as his major, I think that it will be a pity if he really quits it. Then if he wants to do something else, he will have to learn it from the very beginning again. The years he has spent on medicine will be a waste for him. So I suggest his going on with it without having the least idea of quitting. This is what I think only. I thank you so much for this discussion, dear ladydee.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
8 Jul 08
Thank you very much williamsir for your comments. I really was worried about the idea of him quitting but was afraid that if I insisted that he stay where he is and finish things, I'd be ruining his future happiness.
I am really thankful that most of the comments here point to the same mindset I have.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
9 Jul 08
laydee I would sit him down and ask him why the sudden change, and did he know that medical techs do work to be proud of and are helping people? maybe he is just getting cold feet and needs to be reassured that he can make it in his chosen field. I would try to talk him into staying on if its at all possible, with only eight months to go. but if he adamant then as a sister I would support him in his decisions.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
28 Jul 08
Yeah, I actually did as you said and it worked wonders. He told me about his feelings towards the course and said that he couldn't adjust to seeing people die while he's getting their blood for blood work. It's devastating but he couldn't handle those realities. I actually forwarded the concern to my parents and my brother and his wife since they were all in the medical field. They helped us all understand how they do it and assured my brother that it's normal, but sooner or later he'd be able to adjust.
I think the 'talk' gave him much support that whatever he does, we'll be right here for him.
Again, I thank you for your response and advice.
=)
