Having spent 4 weeks of doing absolutely nothing but playing with the ’subjects’ (as we have to hide the fact that we have the ‘unit’ in case some animal activists overhear us and attack us), I just realised today that I only have less than 2 months till my final exams, which should have been taken in May. Oops.
Life as a researcher wouldn’t be a lot different from what I have been doing for the past 4 weeks, but in order to get to that stage, I still need to do well in exams, graduate (hopefully with distinction-fingers crossed) and get a degree. At the moment, I am nobody. I thought behavioural research would be fun, I mean, interesting enough to see stimulus and response/cause and effect with my very own eyes. However, by the end of the day, I am really really really bored of it. I am not saying molecular/biochemical/physiological research would have been better, but what I am saying is that scientists need to be patient. It’s just a routine. Having said that, now that I am not entirely sure whether I really want to do research in the future, I mean, for the rest of my life. Yes I would. I would love to devote myself into this wonder of life that is neuroscience.
Someone told me the other day, if you graduate with a psychology degree, your future career won’t be limited to academic fields. That is so true, but given that I am graduating with neuroscience degree from biology department, my degree won’t be recognised by BPS, British Psychological Society, if I remember correctly. Without their acknowledgment, I have no right whatsoever to work as a clinical psychologist. To be fair, you would need another master degree to become a clinical psychologist anyway. When I was younger, I wanted to be a doctor, especially a psychiatrist. Now I know I am too weak to become one, or I cannot sacrifice 5-6 more years to get a med degree. That cannot be my future.
I’ve been looking at university websites and possible PhD projects, but they all look so unreal. Being a third year undergraduate is not at all close to what I want to be.
Aghhhhhhhhhhh
Anyway, I just wanted to say I needed more outputs. Definitely. I’ve been wandering about my life and going nowhere. Blog is a great idea, however speechless.
Lako x
