Do what you love. That is the lesson that is engrained within American school of thought. But what may seem as a surprise is that many other schools of thought don't exactly agree. Instead, there is a notion to get ahead and to do well financially. Pierre Bourdieu felt that there are three forms of capital that can be accumulated by individuals. There is economic capital, which is the assets and property rights that one can own followed by cultural capital which consists of educational qualifications and can be converted to economic capital. Lastly, there is social capital which is made up of titles of nobility formed by social obligations such, as networking, and can also be converted into economic capital. When it comes to succeeding in life, the Indian frame of mind is to find a career that can guarantee a the three forms of capital much more than finding what one loves to do.
In the frame of mind that immigrants find themselves in many times, money is limited. There is always a fear of running out of money or that there is no room to fall behind when it came to saving money with each paycheck. This can lead any parent to teach their child to find a career that will allow them to find a job that will provide sufficient money to not only survive which they were already accomplishing as care-takers, but also to live a life that is filled with less fear of what not having enough money feels like. So careers are pushed that have high employment numbers and that also look very noble to have as a skill. Jobs in medicine, engineering and technology end up getting the high endorsements from parents to their children.
What do the children what to do? Sometimes it is a career in those industries. Sometimes, though, it is not. It is for the times when they don't want to get into those careers which is where things get complicated. The parents feel that the children don't know what they are saying when they are
rejecting the industries that the parents feel will lead to great success, because the children don't have the capacity to see that far into the future of how great the decision is to actually go into those
fields.
Economic capital that can be gained is the obvious paycheck and benefits over the course of a lifetime. Pierre Bourdieu mentions that capital takes time to accumulate and careers in these industries certainly give a great start to accumulating the economic wealth that parents so eagerly want their children to experience. Cultural capital that can be gained is the degree to be able to
qualify for such careers and which can be converted to the salary that they will gain from the education they received. Social capital comes in the size of networking. These careers are very noble. Doctors, engineers and techies have considerable amount of respect from those in their industries as well as outside their industries. this translates to knowing many people over the course of their working career and which can also lead them to suitable possibilities for choosing life partners when they choose to get married. Those in respectable careers get proposals from other people in respectable careers.
So when a child feels that they think they want to do something else with their lives in terms of a career, you can imagine how difficult it can be to approach their parents in conversation with the idea when their parents come to the conversation with their defense of the three forms of capital and how beneficial it can be for them to be in the respectable careers.
In the frame of mind that immigrants find themselves in many times, money is limited. There is always a fear of running out of money or that there is no room to fall behind when it came to saving money with each paycheck. This can lead any parent to teach their child to find a career that will allow them to find a job that will provide sufficient money to not only survive which they were already accomplishing as care-takers, but also to live a life that is filled with less fear of what not having enough money feels like. So careers are pushed that have high employment numbers and that also look very noble to have as a skill. Jobs in medicine, engineering and technology end up getting the high endorsements from parents to their children.
What do the children what to do? Sometimes it is a career in those industries. Sometimes, though, it is not. It is for the times when they don't want to get into those careers which is where things get complicated. The parents feel that the children don't know what they are saying when they are
rejecting the industries that the parents feel will lead to great success, because the children don't have the capacity to see that far into the future of how great the decision is to actually go into those
fields.
Economic capital that can be gained is the obvious paycheck and benefits over the course of a lifetime. Pierre Bourdieu mentions that capital takes time to accumulate and careers in these industries certainly give a great start to accumulating the economic wealth that parents so eagerly want their children to experience. Cultural capital that can be gained is the degree to be able to
qualify for such careers and which can be converted to the salary that they will gain from the education they received. Social capital comes in the size of networking. These careers are very noble. Doctors, engineers and techies have considerable amount of respect from those in their industries as well as outside their industries. this translates to knowing many people over the course of their working career and which can also lead them to suitable possibilities for choosing life partners when they choose to get married. Those in respectable careers get proposals from other people in respectable careers.
So when a child feels that they think they want to do something else with their lives in terms of a career, you can imagine how difficult it can be to approach their parents in conversation with the idea when their parents come to the conversation with their defense of the three forms of capital and how beneficial it can be for them to be in the respectable careers.