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[quote=Anonymous]Agree that passion can lead to success. But you can have your regular secure job during the work week and pursue your passion on the weekend. I know a lot of people who do this. Doctors, lawyers and college professors who are sculptors, musicians, painters, sports enthusiasts and history buffs on the weekend. And many are actually quite artistically talented so it wasn't that they sucked or weren't smart enough to do something else so they had to pursue other jobs.

I think it's a reality that much of the rest of the world knows that is now coming to light here in the US. We have lived the ideal, the luxury of finding yourself and pursuing your passion. But the reality for much of the rest of the world is to pursue the degree (if you are fortunate enough to be able to go to school) that will provide the most opportunities to get a good, stable job. And I will say that, yes, there are immigrants who are not geniuses and have a hard time in STEM majors but manage to get masters degrees because they know they have no other choice. They have to get it to have some hope for a better life here or go home and continue the cycle of living in poverty. Maybe the passion finds you rather than you finding it.[/quote]

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