Too true. My parents convinced me I could be a doctor; you know a "doctor doctor." Well, when I absolutely could not pass O-chem with better than a C I knew the writing was on the wall - no "doctor doctor" for me! So I had to move on. Fortunately I was an adult by then and could move on :-) Shifted right over to biopsych and never looked back. My parents never accepted that I was just a 'doctor' and never a "doctor doctor" as they had preordained me to be, because I could be anything I wanted if I tried hard enough. Well, no. Perhaps the anxiety engendered by all that pressure kept me from ace-ing O-chem but who cares? I now have a very successful career behind me as a plain old 'doctor' :-) It was really hard at the time...easy enough to look back, lol. Sad that they both died making me feel bad.
Too true. My parents convinced me I could be a doctor; you know a "doctor doctor." Well, when I absolutely could not pass O-chem with better than a C I knew the writing was on the wall - no "doctor doctor" for me! So I had to move on. Fortunately I was an adult by then and could move on :-) Shifted right over to biopsych and never looked back. My parents never accepted that I was just a 'doctor' and never a "doctor doctor" as they had preordained me to be, because I could be anything I wanted if I tried hard enough. Well, no. Perhaps the anxiety engendered by all that pressure kept me from ace-ing O-chem but who cares? I now have a very successful career behind me as a plain old 'doctor' :-) It was really hard at the time...easy enough to look back, lol. Sad that they both died making me feel bad.