Category Career Query

Dancing blues

I want to be a choreographer. I am brilliant at dancing but my parents will never allow it. I think one should join a field of his/her choice. Why don’t parents understand this?

You are right that you should be allowed to join the field of your choice. There are two ways of handling this: Take up choreography as your hobby while continuing to pursue the field your parents want you to take up as you wouldn’t want to hurt them or be in conflict with them, or talk to your parents frankly about your liking for choreography, get trained in the art from a well reputed institution and then take up choreography as your field of choice. Once your parents know what is involved and how much you hanker for it, they would not mind your choice. But you should be very clear about what you want.

 

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How can I control my daydreaming and stop thinking of idiotic stuff in free time?

 

Getting rid of thoughts that you do not like is entirely in your hands. Your mind is yours and you alone are master of it. If you decide not to allow the thoughts to bother you, only you can stop them. You can say ‘stop’ to yourself the moment the thoughts appear, and then for a while divert your attention to something you enjoy. In the beginning you may be able to stop the thoughts for a while but as you practice this technique you can get rid of them for longer periods and then permanently. Always remember that the mind is yours and you can stop the thoughts you don’t want the mind to ponder.

As for daydreaming, it is a kind of wish fulfilment. Many of our desires and wishes remain unfulfilled and in many cases we feel disappointed when something we want does not materialise. These unfulfilled desires at times appear in our daydreams. There is nothing wrong if you have an occasional short duration daydream. But if you do want to stop it, as I said earlier, it is in your hands to stop it by deliberately diverting your attention to something more meaningful and interesting.

 

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Armed to succeed

 

I am a student of ICSE Board, studying in class XI. I am keen to join the Indian Army. I have heard that the NDA exam is based on the CBSE syllabus. Is it advisable to change the board and switch over to a school affiliated to CBSE Board?

Though NDA is largely based on CBSE patter – in fact most competitive exams in the country after class XII are based on the CBSE pattern – yet the quality of education in ICSE Board is such that you shouldn’t have a cause for regret. As a student of ICSE Board, your fundamentals would be quite strong and you would not have much problem grasping the CBSE course. As it is, there are a few coaching institutes within Delhi and in other cities that prepare students for the NDA admission. By joining a reputed institute, you will have a good grasp of the NDA test pattern.

 

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Air-borne career

 

My subjects in school are accountancy, economics, commerce and English. I want to be an air hostess. Are these subjects fine for the job, or should I opt for any other subject? What qualifications do I need? I am a science student. I wish to become an air hostess after school. Does the training begin at graduation level? Please tell me about the exact procedure and relevant courses.

While Air India specifies that candidates should have done a diploma course in hotel management and catering from a recognized institute, there are foreign airlines like KLM and Lufthansa which are known to have employed air hostesses who have graduated in English! What is required is poise, confidence, a pleasing personality and good communication skills.

Normally, once an airhostess has joined an airline, she undergoes training on aspects of flight safety (very few people know that is an important part of her duties), aviation terminology, travel regulations, passenger handling, cuisine, etc.  Speech and voice training and grooming are also part of the course. However, there are a number of institutes that are imparting training to aspiring air hostesses. Among the leading institutes are:

  1.  Air Hostess Academy (AHA), C-33, 2nd Floor, Amar Colony Market,   Lajpat Nagar-IV, New Delhi
  2.  Flyers Inc, 33, Jangpura Road, New Delhi 110014
  3.  Pacific Airways, Pocket GH-6/35, Paschim Vihar, New Delhi 110087
  4. Free Bird Aviation & Management Services, TC-41/2454 Mancaud, Thiruvananthapuram-9 Kerala.

Most of these institutes impart training right after class XII.

 

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Fertile minds

 

I am a non-medical student studying in class XI in a public school. I wish to become a director of agriculture. I want to take admission in Punjab University (LDH). Could you tell me the exact procedure?

Our best wishes are with you in your career dream. However, your journey will have to begin with a graduation in agriculture sciences. Punjab Agricultural University is a state university offering a number of courses like B.Sc. Agri. (Hons.) of four years’ duration, bachelor of veterinary science and animal husbandry of five years, and B.Sc. (Hons.) Home Science 4-year (for girls only). However, it’s the first course that would interest you. For admission to Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, one should have done 10+2 or equivalent in science/agriculture with physics, chemistry and mathematics/ biology/agriculture with at least 50% marks in aggregate. Admission is done on the basis of Common Admission Test, held sometime in June.

 

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Creative corridors

                                                                                                I am a student of class XII and want to pursue a career in animation. I want to know about the entrance procedure of NID, Ahmadabad. Please give me guidance about how to prepare for the examination.

In the entrance test you will be asked to do things that will test your sense of color, your understanding of proportion , and your ability to visualize. Say, you might be asked to make a color paper collage. You might be asked to draw an object, or you might be asked to visualize something fifty years from now. You should also start maintain a portfolio: preserve properly whatever you draw or make; get in the habit of observing: critically viewing ads, movies, photographs or any other art object. This understanding will also be put to test.

 

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