text: i am worried about my career. i am in 11 preparing for iit jee but my science is too poor? and my parents want me to do iit only i have a hard time understanding the enormouse pressure they sometimes put on their kids, mainly because it was missing in my childhood - i was always told i could be whatever i wanted.  but i know its there. and its hard to do something against your parents. but i must say its your life and your career. you go through school only once (or should), and its better spent preparing you for some kind of work that you'll love.  that is the only way you'll ever be happy with your job. the other option is to please your parents, and hate your future job, until you can't stand it anymore, and then finally decide you want to do whatever it is you've always wanetd to do, only you now have to go back to school, find a new job, etc.  i don't know how to handle the parents - at some point you'd have to try to reason with them if that's even possible, or just decide to upset them, but i would find something i actually want to go into, something i have talent or know i'd be eventually good at, and would enjoy. it's your life.