A brief survey of students'fears and ambitions
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Analyze the results of the survey and present a summary
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The future is now:
a brief survey of students’ ideas and attitudes to the future
While students have to prepare for their future profession and employment, they are also very much concerned about the present, studying hard to get a good degree result. We asked 20 students about their plans and ambitions, and here we summarize our analysis of their responses.
They had a range of ambitions. Most wanted to be successful in particular professions or fields of employment (some spoke of this as personal success, but many thought of it as contributing to society and to the country). A few said that they wanted to be rich. Many said they wanted to be happy with their family. Of course, for many students these kinds of ambitions overlap---you can, after all, have more than one ambition.
Students generally seemed confident about the future. But when we asked specifically about their fears, quite a few simply mentioned a “fear of failure”. However,a similar number were afraid of not finding the right romantic partner. A few said they were afraid of the future and others could not think of an answer or said they were afraid of nothing. Still,the vast majority thought that it is important to plan for the future, mostly saying “very important”.
We asked students what they expected to be doing in 10 years’time. Our analysis shows that most spoke about progressing on a career ladder, eg. They mentioned promotion, management, being the boss etc. Many others spoke about their family life, having a spouse, a child, home etc.
For the question of whether life is too short, surprisingly, most students just said, “yes” or, a slightly larger number “no”. xxx students considered the question more carefully and said xxx said, “It depends”, giving examples and reasons for their cautious reply, while xxx specifically stated that this is a difficult question and gave reasons why they thought it was difficult, eg “too shirt for whom?” meaning there would be different answers for people in different circumstances.
Finally, we asked if students believed in “seizing the moment”. Here, most students said “sometimes” (often thinking of different situations), while fewer gave a simple “yes” or “no” response.
In conclusion, the survey is quite brief, but the outcomes are clear. Students’ideas and attitudes about the future generally centered on their likely profession or work, and on their future family and a happy home life. This future seems to be planned with quite clear expectations, but we give the final comment to three students in a small group who said, “The future is now. We do think about it now and make plans, but you can’t be sure about what will happen. Things may go wrong or other opportunities may come up which you should seize. But to make your dream come true you have to act now, otherwise nothing will happen. The future is now.”。