So it's a bit of a double whammy in terms of subjects selections. If your parents want you to go one way, but you want to go differently, then I suggest you all follow what you want to do.
If your parents want you to go to a particular course, they have already made the choice for you, but you may end up being unhappy with what they had chosen for you. This is very similar to the case in HLS (hopefully she's not offended by what I'm about to say). In her case, her parents want her to go to med, yet she does not want do medicine. It is very fortunate that they parent's have hesitantly went with the subject selections that she wanted to do. This may cause some family conflict, but hopefully, they would accept that you are not going to follow their mandate. It would be very difficult for them to do so, so I suggest that you be patient with that (this is easier said than done).
I'd argue that whatever you do, you do not blindly follow what your parents want you to be. I've spoken to adults who had parents who wanted them to do a particular course or be a particular profession. It was never their choice, and they very much regret that they followed their parent's instructions, even though they have no interest in the courses whatsoever. One lady had a brother who was forced into engineering. Guess what? He hated it so much that he could not graduate.
You will be spending a long time on the course that you are doing. A bachelor degree is ~3 years long. If you don't like it, and your parents forced you into it, you are likely to be enduring three years of hell. If your parents make you do it, they are making you, and forcing you to suffer by making you do something you never liked, or will like. They may argue that you will learn to love it, but chances are, you never will.
So whatever you do, choose what you want to do, not what your parents want you to do. This is really difficult for those who don't know what they want. In this situation, you can ask them for advice, but you take it as a grain of salt. Parents tend to think they know everything about you. They, most likely don't (parents reading this forum: Sorry burst your ego). Neither do your friends or teachers. So you are better off making your own decision, as you are most likely going to know yourself the best. If you don't know atm, that's fine. Just take a look at what you're interested in, and work from there.
So whatever happens, pick your own subjects, not what your parents want you to pick.
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