A. ATTITUDE B. ARGUMENT C. RECONCILE D. APPROVAL READ THE FOLLOWIN...
Câu 9: A. attitude
B. argument
C. reconcile
D. approval
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 10 to 16.
The decisions we make in our early life, e.g. what school we go to, the subjects we chose to study, the
decision to go to university/college, the courses we choose, can impact our career path. If this decision is heavily
swayed by parental preference, the child may end up following a vocation that, deep down, they are not interested
in. At the same time, without practical guidance and support when pursuing interests, poor choices can be made.
Everyone has a unique set of skills and aptitudes. Each child is individual in their own way, and so may
possess different skills and abilities to their parents. With this in mind, adopting a similar career role to either
parent may not be the right course of action.
We all take time to ‘find our feet’. Parents will often say things such as “pick a course you think you’ll
like” or “why don’t you apply for this job”. Though it may seem they are doing the right thing in terms of
steering their children in the right direction, parents also need to understand that we all need space and time to
discover what we truly want to pursue. University, for example, isn’t for everyone
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and engaging in relevant
work experience and/or undertaking an apprenticeship can be just as valuable in finding a suitable vocation in
which you can thrive.
The trick here is
to educate children that life is about self-discovery and new skills and talents are
developed. How many of us are in careers we thought we would be in when we were 18? We can only make
decisions based on what we know about ourselves at the time, take the pressure off of them by letting them know
it's okay that they aren't sure what they want to do yet but the important thing is to be proactive in finding their
way.
(Adapted from https://www.midkent.ac.uk/)