Just curious here, but is anyone trying to do something career-wise with their life that they actually enjoy? Or are you people trying to be pragmatic and calculating like typical desis, that if you aim for such a degree and such a job, then your arse is getting maximal protection?
If you were doing something you actually enjoyed, then the question of giving it up entirely for family and domesticated life wouldn't be crossing your mind. And nowhere did I say you should not take time off to spend with the kids when they're young. But I fail to see how getting a PROFESSIONAL degree is worth it when you really just want to sit around and watch Pakistani dramas while waiting for your hubby and kids to get home. Kids are in the "baby" stage for like 5 to 6 years of their life...then they start becoming independent. My point is merely that you're wasting someone's seat if you're intending on sitting around the house for the rest of your life. YOu could have done that with a liberal arts degree.
And who exactly are you trying to fool here? Lets say there are X number of law seats in the country. Lets say there are X-Y number of prestigious law seats. Are you telling me that only an X-Y number of people get kick arse LSAT scores, and everyone else who sucked got the Y seats? Its absurd, and illogical. Furthermore, LSAT scores are not the only thing factored into whether you get that good seat or not. Your intention and committment also play a major role.
First you show me evidence that a prestigious law school is going to give its seat to someone who just has a good LSAT score, but doesn't care to use their degree. Like I said, if you said all that you're saying here to your professors (all you girls, not just angel-eyes), you would be asked to leave your institution, or at least you would become black sheep.
PCG....if thats what u think fine.....but im doing a degree cuz firstly im interested in the subject and I want to learn more. secondly, its an experience in itself. whenever I need to work in life, I could get a decent job rather than some crappy job. I would want to work just 1/2 years after degree just for the sake of it. After that I want to get married and live a happy life with my husband and kids. If my husband would prefer me staying at home, I would do that to keep him happy. Ive seen couples break up cuz guy says she shouldnt work and girl says she wants to. theres often a third male colleague involved in there somewhere.....
** Ive seen couples break up cuz guy says she shouldnt work and girl says she wants to. theres often a third male colleague involved in there somewhere.....**
Now that's a totally different issue. That's something you need to resolve with the person you're going to marry before you marry them. That's where desis need to work on opening up a little so that the couple gets to know each other's main points before marriage....rather than after. And that's where boys need to grow up and be men.
^PCG.....you have ur views/opinions.....everyone else has their views/opinions. learn to respect everyone.....something may work for you but not for some1 else ....cuz everyone is different....
some girls choose to work -I respect that and see nothing wrong with it if they balance things out.
other girls choose not to work -again I respect that and see nothing wrong with that.
I don't have a problem with ladies who don't work either. Just don't hog up seats when the Pakistani community and muslim community are in dire need of professionals to represent them.
dont worry about seats getting hogged up. Anyone who deserves to get a seat…often does get it…since there are so many schools for the same subjects all over the country…what people often find a difficulty with is getting a job after they have done the degree…due to the competition…if certain girls choose not to work…that would indirectly help other people get jobs which they otherwise wouldnt have gotten.
I personally dont believe in this hogging up business. In the UK, most people do get into schools/unis of their choice (providing they get the grades)…grades are the only thing that matter.
i was thinking the same thing…it’s a shame that you have to divide assets b/w husband and wife. Islamically a man has to share his wealth with his wife…but the wife can keep her wealth aand doesnt have to share it with her husband.
hog up seats? i can represent ppl w/o making a career out of it…have u heard of being a volunteer? yes volunteer…meaning doing things for free when you can. You have no clue as to what my intentions are and how i plan to utilize my degree so its best not to assume that im “hogging someone seat” besides if they were smart enough they would have been given a seat in the first place.
very true @anyone who deserves a seat often gets it. those that dont…wont!!
like u said…the main thing is getting a job. It’s a competitive world out there and for those of you looking to be a lawyer and actually practicing it..well ur in luck cuz in about 6-8 yrs from now a “seat” will open up inshallah.
Saccrifice? Doubtful. If you're taking up a seat because you want to save your behind in case your marriage falls through a pot-hole, that doesn't tell me you have a utilitarian approach on your mind.
im in law school because i have the desire to learn…because i want to be a lawyer and mostly because that field is interesting to me. I could have gotten a degree in anything if i was concerned about saving my “behind in case my marriage falls through a pot-hole”. I certainly wouldnt be going through 8 yrs of uni just to save my behind.
u sound like me.