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During young adulthood we make decisions that will affect the rest of our lives such as electing a career

path or personal relationships. These very same decisions must be taken in this stage in life when most

young people do not feel comfortable taking such responsibilities. In this stage in our lives we are not

prepared to hear stories on how difficult it is to obtain a career or the responsibility of keeping a job; but

rather one realizes things as we live through them and this helps appreciate the good things in life and

thus make an effort on attaining the things that we dream about. The first event in the decision making

path is choosing a career. Countless young adults give up at the middle of a career degree because that's

not what they really wanted to do, or because they had a different concept of such career. A career path

is something with which we are going to deal with throughout our lives and thus is necessary to make a

good election. Therefore certain internal and external factors weigh on this decision. Internal factors are

interests, personality, ability and motivations as an individual and then we have the external factors

such as social surroundings, family and both economical and cultural factors. In my case there were

various factors that prompted me to make that decision to study medicine at seventeen years old.

First of all I had to start studying immediately as soon as I finished high school. Although I had to wait six

months, it was an immediate decision. This is due to my parents were always pressuring me to study. It

was very important to them for me to finish a career as soon as possible and begin working. In one

survey oftraditional college students,40% of freshmen indicatedthat the main reason that they

entered college immediately after high school graduationwas that their parents wanted them to

(Chronicle ofHigher Education,1997). Most of the time seventeen year olds are not prepared one

hundred percent to decide what to do the rest of their lives that's why parent support is quite important

as a guide; this is why parents must not be overprotective or authoritarians but rather serve as a source

of security so that children can make major decisions and not be placed under unnecessary stress that

may interfere in their professional performance.

Entre otrosfactoresqueinfluenciaron en la laeleccion de unacarrerauniversitaria a

tantempranaedadfueronmisinteresesenfocados en gran parte hacia la ramade la medicina y el cuidado

de salud. Lo mas possible esqueestamismaeleccionhayatenido gran relacion a mi generofemenino,

teniendo en centaqelasmujeressiempretenemos la tendencia a escojerestetipo de carreras, One-third

ofall working women hold clericaljobs;another quarter are in health care,teaching,or domestic

service.Piensoqueesmuycomunver mas mujeresestudiandoramas de la medicina y cuidado d esaludque hombres yaquedesde el punto de vista social lasmujerestienen el estereotipo de

"sermshumanistasque los hombres" entoncespara el trato con otras personas la mujerescomoqueest

"mejor vista" , lo mismoocurre con psicologa (dondeseguro larelacinmujer/hombre es mayor) y lo

opuesto a lo queunoesperara en ingeniera y carreras exactas. Esuntemaconsecuente de la

liberacinfemenina. En mi casositienemucharelacion con el elhecho de serhumanista, teniendo en

cuentaque soy bastante sensible a estetipo de situacionesrelacionadas a el cuidado de pacientes y todo

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lo queestoenvuelve,perotambien ; apesar de ser tanjoven con tan solo 17 anos, fuecuestion de saber

relamentecual era mi vocacion, estabsegura de misconvicciones y sientoque en la actualidadestas ideas

no hancambiado.

Among other factors that influenced in the determination for choosing a college career at a young age

were my interests focused in great part to the medicine branch and health care. It is very possible that

the same choice has had a great relationship with my female gender, taking into account that women

always have the tendency to choose this type of career, "One-third of allclerical jobs are held by

working women, another quarter work in healthcare, teaching, or domestic service. Lifespan

development page 421 I think it's very common to see more women studying branches of medicine

and health care than men and that from the social point of view women have the stereotype of being

"more human thanmen, "thus for others dealing withwomen is "better perceived", so does psychology

(where surely the female / male ratio is higher) and the opposite of what one would expect careers in

engineering and computer science. It is a consistent theme of women's liberation. In my case it has a lot

relationship with the fact to be humane, considering I'm pretty sensitive to this kind of situations related

to patient care and all that this involves, but also, in spite of being so young with only 17 years,it was a

matter of knowing what was really my vocation, I was sure of my convictions and I feel that at present

these ideas have not changed.

Encuanto al tipo de personalidad, en mi casoinvestigativa lo consideretambien un factor primordial por

el cualmedecidiera a escojerunacarreracomomedicina , yaquedesdepequenasiempretenia muchoamorpor la biologia y la investigacion,ysobretododemostrarque podia con un gran retocomo lo

esestacarrea,recuerdo mi participacion en grupos de ecologia y laboratorios de

investigacionparaunaenfermedadqueesfrecuente en Colombia conocidacomo el chagas,

tambienrecuerdo mi gran amorporlas morgues y ramascomo la patologia, la mayoria de lasveces me

gustabatrabajar sola y me gustabamantenercalendarios con ordenpreciso de fechas y

actividadesrelacionadas, llorabasi un diateniaquefaltar a unaclase y perderme un detalle(creoque con el

tiempocambie mucho en estadisciplina).

As for the type of personality, in my investigative case , I considered it a primary factor by which I

decided to choose a career as medicine, because since I was little I had always much love for biology

and investigation, and above all I wanted to show that I could accomplish this major challenge such as

the medicine field, I remember my participation in ecology groups and research laboratories for a

disease that is common in Colombia, which it is known as Chagas disease, I also remember my great

love for the morgues and fields such as pathology, most of the time I liked to work alone, and I liked to

keep schedules with precise order of dates and activities, I used to cry if one day I had to miss a class

and miss a detail (I think over time I changed much in this regard).

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Acorde al libro el tipo de personalidad investigative, Oriented toward thinking (particularly abstract

thinking), organizing, and plan-ning; prefer ambiguous, challenging tasks, but are low in social skills;

are often scientists or engineers.Elegiruna Carrera con un nivel tan alto de resposabilidadesfuerzo y

dedicacioncomoesmedicinaa, esuna decision que se debetomarcon enteraconfianza possible. Para ello

se debe star seguro de quienesunomismo y de loque se quiere y poseerconocimienti en

lashabilidadespropias, esdecirquesi no se esbuenopara la memorizacion de granescantidades de

terminosesta no es la mejoropcion; en mi casofueuan decision de gransatisfacionyaqueibamuy a la par

con todosmisgustosespectativas y habilidades de apredizaje.

According to the book lifespan development , Investigative personality type, "Oriented Toward

thinking (Particularly abstract thinking), Organizing, and planning; prefer ambiguous, challengingtasks, But are low in social skills; Are often scientists or engineers. " Choose a career with such a high

level of effort and dedication as medicine is a decision to be taken with confidence. This requires to

besure about yourself and what you want and have the knowledge about yourownabilities,it means that

if one is not good for the memorization of large quantities of terms,then this is not the best option, in

my case it was a was decision of great satisfaction, because it was very on par with all my tastes and

learning abilities.

Por ultimo otroaspectopor el queescoji la medicinacomocarrerafuepor un

estudiominuciososobrelassalidaslaboralesqueestatenia. A pesar de estarentrando en mi

tempranaadultez, y de no tener idea de lo que son asumirretos de trabajo y posteiromentetenerqueresponder por mi vida y susutentacion, era muyconciente de quequeriaestudiaralgo en lo que me

fueraposiblelaborar y no despueslamentarme y vivir de misfrusraciones.En

algunoscasosesconvenienteelejirunaopcionqueaun no siendo la ideal paranosotros, sinosagrade y sea

mas viable de ejrcerposteriomenteProfesor de linguisticaEdwarArzuza.

Finally another aspect for which I chose medicine as a career was after conducting thorough study about

the labor opportunities it had. Despite being into my early adulthood, and having no idea about

assuming work challengesand then to have to no idea for workchallenges and sustentation, I was very

aware that I wanted to study something that it was possible for me to get a job andnot latter to regretthe rest of my live with frustrations. Thus,"In some cases it is desirable to choose an option that while

not ideal for us, whether we like it more viable and subsequently be to do" EdwarArzuza Professor of

Linguistics

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En muchasocasiones no essuficiente consaber siuna Carrera esbuena, sinotambiensi satisfice a el

estidandiante. Porlo general losadultosjovenescasinuncaestansatisfecho con susprofesiones, pues a

tempranaedadapenasestanlaborandotrabajosdondeprentendenganarexperiencia, por lo

querecibensueldosque no llenansusexpectativasporello el estudiantedebe no solo

escojerunacarreraquemuestre Buena proyeccionsinoquetambiendebebuscardesenvolverse en

mediosdondepuedahaceramistadesquepsoteriormentepeudanayudarle en al bsuqueda de

trabajsobienpagados.

In many cases it is not enough to know if a career is good, but also if it satisfies the student. Usually

young adults are rarely satisfied with their professions, it is due to that at that early age they are just

workingjobs where theyintend to gain experience, they receive salaries that do not meet their

expectations, so the student must not only choose a career that shows good projection, but also they

have to look for careers where they can thrivein environments where they can make friendships that

help them latter in the networking of very well paid jobs.

Finalmente, cuandounoveuna persona mas jovenqueuno en el comienzo de sucarrera , uno se

enfoncapensando en la aprte positive de lo queposbliemnte sera suvida en psoteiroresanos,

perosiprofundizamosnosdamoscuentauetodos los

quepasamosporestaetapatuvimosqueatravezarunaserie de procesos y toma de

decisionesquepsiblemente no fueron del todofacil. Para miaforutunadamente y a pesar de laspresiones

de mispadrea, pudehacerunaeleccion de la que me sentisegura y satisfecha y aunque no

hayapodidollegar al fin, aun conserve esesueno y lo revivo en estepaisextranjeropara mi, con un

nuevodeseo de servir a la comunidad.Lo esencialparaescogerunacarreraesbuscaralgoquenosgusta yquedisfrutemoshacerparaseguirhacindolodurantetoda la vida. Esuna de lasdecisiones mas difciles de

nuestrasvida y que hay quetratar de hacerla lo msacertadaposible; sin embargo, el

hacerunaeleccinerrneaesbastantecomn y porencima de todoestnuestrafelicidad, asque no hay

queangustiarsedemasiadoporeso Maria Paz Diaz estudiante d epsicologia Universidad aurtonoma d

ebucaramanga.

Finally, when one sees a younger person at the start of his or her career, one focuses thinking in the

positive aspect of what possibly will be his or her life in coming years, but if we dig deeper well notice

that we all went through a stage where we had to go through a series of processes and decisions that

perhaps were not that easy. Fortunately for me and despite my fathers pressures I was able to makea decision from what I felt comfortable and satisfied even though I have not reached my goal I still

retain that dream and I am trying to keep it alive here in this country that is foreign to me with a

renewed desire to serve the community where I live. Thus, the essential aspect to choosing a career

is finding something that we like and that we enjoy and continue doing it the rest of our lives. It is one

of those most difficult decisions in our lives thus we need to make it as accurate as possible.

Nevertheless, making the wrong decision is quite common and above it all this is our happiness, thus

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it is important not to worry so much Maria Paz Diaz, psychology student, Bucaramanga Autonomous

University