It was the end of the year of 1997 after PMR government exam; we are deciding which major we want to be in. There are two majors, which are the Art Stream & Science Stream (Commerce falls in Art Stream major as well. No idea why and I do not see anything artistic about accounting and economics or anything to do with numbers and calculators). Almost 7 out of 10 students wanted to join the Science Stream. As for me, I leave it up to the board to decide where to put me. The decision was obvious. The smart ones got the Science and the rest of average Joe & Jane got the Art. A pre-determined destiny on what the future would be. Pretty bold statement coming from an average Joe like me. After 2 years of gut wrenching and brain busting revision, all the hard work doesn't really pay off. A lot of them cried because they couldn't get the result they wanted and kept on ranting that it might affect their future.
After a few years later, we all start working. Right now, I'm working as a Graphic Designer, when you looked at my olden days; none of my studies are relevant with what I'm doing right now. I'm not the only one here that does that. A dude I know back school took Science stream and now he's a 3D animator, Art stream with arts subject became a manager of certain store and so on.
Come to think of it, it’s really messed up.
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