I told my parents last night that I don't think that I want to continue on with medical school. I am in my first year at a school that I have not liked from the second that I got there. The first half of the year was a grind, and it was a weekly struggle to get myself to go back to class. I have found myself disinterested in all of my classes, and because of this my grades have struggled a bit. I thought that my parents would be supportive of me because they are always, but when I told them all they were was disappointed. They told me that I am making a big mistake, letting a huge opportunity go, it is a bad economy and I am going to have a hard time, if I do find a job it will be mediocre at best and I will hate it, and all that good stuff. I was embarrassed at it was to tell them, but that reaction made me feel so much worse. I already feel like a loser. Are they right though? I haven't withdrawn officially from school. Is it worth going back do you think? I know that only I can answer that one, but I would appreciate your insight. If I do not go, is there any thing I can do to help my situation with my parents?
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Well your situation is very hard, all you have to do is to continue first what your parents want for you to become. And then after you finish that course, you can pursue what ever career you want in life. Just give first your parent happiness and then after that you follow your dream and they nothing to say to you afterwards.
It should've been obvious from college that medical school will be a very stressful part in your education to become a doctor. But if you really want to quit and try something else, then go ahead. If you still have passion to become a doctor, then go on and continue.