Why does everyone care about VCE so much?

[ReVeL]

i think even the most sloppiest people try is because no one wants to be embarassed with a crap ENTER score

This is definately not true. As shinny mentioned previously, there's a significant population who could not care less about their VCE and ENTER score. Personally, I cared about getting my ENTER for similar reasons to ninwa. It may sound stupid, but I wanted to prove it to myself that I was capable of achieving certain results, along with the obvious reason of getting into my course.

[darkphoenix]

To be able to leave school satisfied that you have done your best and ready to continue with your life and never look back..

[xXNovaxX]

I have a perfect contention to answer this question/title of ur thread

If you are to not care during VCE for your education, just when are you planning to care?  <3

[ninwa]

During uni?

o.O

[shinny]

Yeh, a prevalent attitude in my year level was that they'd just wing VCE, go to new-gen UoM and start trying from then on to get into what they actually wanted to at a graduate level.

[xXNovaxX]

During uni?

o.O

LMAO, you know what. I wrote this;

"and I know some people will say, 'during uni', but the VCE is a direct pathway to Uni, and yes there is TAFE etc, but for many, including myself my best option is straight into Uni"

But then I edited, and eventually deleted that comment because I didn't think any 1 would point it out ><

I just don't see myself s having the attitude or energy to do average at VCE, and go the long way via TAFE, doing a course i don't really want to do, just to gain credit and transfer.

I prefer to do well the first time

Thank god that contention of mine wasn't in an essay =.=*, I would have failed =S

[slothpomba]

I think people should care because its important to the rest of their life (well to a decent chunk of people).  [
I think im a smart-ish guy but i can be pretty lazy most of the time.]

Mainly, because i want to get into certain uni courses i have my mind set on and if i don't get into them, i don't really have any idea what i'm going to do.

I was pretty lazy even in year 11 (for SACs, ect) but year 12 like so many other people have said now and before me, im going to give it all i got and put my ass into gear. I think im a bit more motivated with the SACs in year 12 because they actually mean something, before now, sure SACs/Tests meant something but it was just a little mark or box on the report i could care less about so i didnt really try.

One final reason - (they talked about this at a school assembly once and it really stuck with me) I don't want to be one of those "could of" or "if only" people. As in if only i studied harder i could of been here or i shouldnt of slacked off there.. or i wish this.. (you see where im going). So im gonna try my best for this one year.

If you dont want to care im cool with that, the worse you do the better i look.

(Hopefully i stick to all that ive said...O_O... time will tell hey..)

[xXNovaxX]

^^ WOW, at our assembly they also sued the "could of" "would of" studied harder speech!

It really stuck to me too!!! And they were right, I haven';t gotten my marks and im already regretful LOL

[minilunchbox]

could have* would have*
/lol sorry

I care about VCE because:
-I have a sibling who did ~amazingly (sort of)
-My parents compare me to said sibling and family friends even though they want to be a doctor and I'm not 'ambitious' enough to be one
-Bragging rights
-Getting into Uni
-I think I suck at everything so I end up working harder (see, there is a good thing about having shocking self-esteem)
-I have a Ron Weasley inferiority complex where I am always second best compared with my friend/sibling so I really, really want to do well in VCE since there aren't any lockets around for me to stab

[QuantumJG]

could have* would have*
/lol sorry

I care about VCE because:
-I have a sibling who did ~amazingly (sort of)
-My parents compare me to said sibling and family friends even though they want to be a doctor and I'm not 'ambitious' enough to be one
-Bragging rights
-Getting into Uni
-I think I suck at everything so I end up working harder (see, there is a good thing about having shocking self-esteem)
-I have a Ron Weasley inferiority complex where I am always second best compared with my friend/sibling so I really, really want to do well in VCE since there aren't any lockets around for me to stab

Why does everyone want their kids to become doctors? Or lawyers? My friend his sister did medicine so he had to do medicine (btw his father is a chemical engineer), well he wanted to do optometry instead.

Can someone tell me why people all want to become doctors? Is it being able to say "I'm a doctor"? The salary? Or do these people have a real passion to be a doctor?

Btw med students have a drop out rate of like 50%.

One of my friends (he's doing biomed) told me that when he went to a lecture on what it's like to be a doctor, the professor first off said "If you are doing it for money, there is a commerce building across the road". It's true though if you want money you can be a stock broker, make some crappy pop music, etc.

[ninwa]

Btw med students have a drop out rate of like 50%.

So does law. Law also has one of the highest suicide/depression rates, too. I don't understand it either.

I did law because I really wanted to do arts but I knew I'd have a hard time getting a job with just an arts degree. I know people doing law because they want to look "elite". I also know (very few) people doing it who genuinely have an interest in it. Or maybe some actually want to help people (lol haven't met anyone like that yet).

The majority do it for the perceived high-income jobs at the end of the (lonnnng, dark, stressful, 50%-chance-of-being-crushed-by-the-failtrain) tunnel.

Whereas I have a feeling people who do medicine are more altruistic - a lot more of them want to help people. I know my reasons for wanting to get into med were a lot less selfish than my reasons for doing law...

[Gloamglozer]

Can someone tell me why people all want to become doctors? Is it being able to say "I'm a doctor"? The salary? Or do these people have a real passion to be a doctor?

For a lot of Asian parents who want their child/children to do Med:

• It's the only profession known to them that you can actually make money.
• Prestige (not only associated with their child who is a doctor but to them as well since they are "the parents of a doctor")
• Get a fancy title in front of your name
• Bragging rights
• For the most part, since a lot of Asian parents were not fortunate enough to get an education, they want their child to be educated and prosper so the child does not have to go through what their parents went through.

[vexx]

"If you are doing it for money, there is a commerce building across the road".

Absolutely true. People who think medicine will get them rich are right HOWEVER, this is probably the highest paid occupation but not the highest paid opportunity. The world's richest are mostly-all business people. People who think the only way to earn money is through working is kinda LOL.

actually doctors do not get paid very much at all until after they specialise and the amount of time doctors are working/studying is more than the majority of all other jobs, and what they get paid for that is very little. you wont be earning that much until 10-15 years from med school, depending on how long it takes to get into a specialist college and finish it. quite difficult.

medicine is appealing for some due to the academic stimulation, the pure interest, ability to help others - feel yourself being needed, among other things. i would frown upon anyone who went into medicine purely for the social prestige, money, title and so on.

[Glockmeister]

could have* would have*
/lol sorry

I care about VCE because:
-I have a sibling who did ~amazingly (sort of)
-My parents compare me to said sibling and family friends even though they want to be a doctor and I'm not 'ambitious' enough to be one
-Bragging rights
-Getting into Uni
-I think I suck at everything so I end up working harder (see, there is a good thing about having shocking self-esteem)
-I have a Ron Weasley inferiority complex where I am always second best compared with my friend/sibling so I really, really want to do well in VCE since there aren't any lockets around for me to stab

Btw med students have a drop out rate of like 50%.

Source?

[Ilovemathsmeth]

It annoys me as well, why is it that Med is the only course that is looked at with admiration?

Why do some people consider Commerce/Engineering a second rate/or often third rate kind of degree?

Take me - I want to do Commerce. However, I often find people telling me, 'oh you work so hard, you're going to do so well and you could do so much better than that' -

If it's in terms of the pay; people in Commerce do earn quite high salaries. The Maths needed for Actuarial Studies cannot be underestimated. I don't understand why some people look down on Commerce and other degrees such as Engineering/Arts. In the end, it's the individual's interest as to what he/she wants to do.