Posted by Just me on February 20, 2004, 8:56 am, in reply to "do dreams matter?" --Previous Message--
Of course dreams matter. They are very important, even if they are only dreams. But some dreams aren't only dreams. Have you told your parents about what they do to make you feel bad like that? Maybe it is a competitive field, but you know you can do it, and you know you want to. And who cares what your friends think. You know it's possible, you know it's what you want to do, and they aren't the ones who is living that life. They don't get to reap the rewards, or suffer the consequences. And if they act like that, maybe they aren't really your friends. As for your school counselor, maybe you should take it up with the principal, and ask about getting some more counselors for you and your school. Other than that, I don't know what to tell you. But let me reitterate this, dreams matter, and are VERY important, especially to the dreamer. Keep heart in that.
JM
: ok, i want to be a game designer really bad
: when I get older. I've had it set in my mind
: that when I get out of highschool I'm going
: to Full Sail college (has some serious
: computer degrees and all that goodness). BUT
: my dad and mom have been putting me down
: about it. I don't think they mean to do it
: but they say things that make me feel like i
: could never be a character designer or make
: my own video game. Or at least be an
: animator.
: i talk about working for Square-Enix or
: Naughty Dog, some company like that and the
: first things out of my 'rents mouths is
: "that's a very competitive feild, dear'
: and it bothers me. My rents have always been
: good parents--granted they grate my nerves
: sometimes-and i've been a good kid too. i
: keep good grades (As & Bs, tho my dad
: asks for straight As) and i work hard and
: i've wanted to be an animator since I was
: like..seven. So I really have the amibtion
: to do this and i try to talk with my
: counselor at school but it's hard, cuz our
: school is so huge I have to book an
: appointment on mondays or I'll never get in
: that week...heck, half the time i can't get
: in on mondays even.
: I dunno, it bothers me how everyone seems to
: be against me being a game designer. My dad
: wants me to be a lawyer and my mom just says
: 'it's very competitive'. Which I interperate
: as 'you could never get into the school, you
: could never get that job' by the way she says
: it.
: None of my friends are with me either. they
: think I'm weird for thinking such things, 'a
: game designer? riiiiiiggghhtttt.' Some of
: the more gamer/ottaku friends of mine are for
: me with it but when a lot of people don't
: think it's right or that you'll get in, it
: can be a bit intimidating. I'm worried I'm
: losing my dreams and heading towards
: something else. I don't know what but
: something that my parents want. Probably a
: lawyer... I've also noticed a slip in my
: grades and my ambition to work at them.
: What should I do?
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