Choosing which field to study - part 1 While many people believe that educational institutions should give their student advise on which field to study to have more possibility to succeed, I think educational institutions should not dissuade students from studying in a field but could provide objective situations of the fields of study their students want to pursue. First, educational institutions cannot understand their students better than the students themselves. Thus, it is difficult for educational institutions to know their student would “succeed” in the field of study or not. To be good at a specific field, students need not only the intelligence or abilities to learn the knowledge or skills, but also need other qualities like passion and perseverance of that specific field. For example, if a student wants to be a counsellor, he needs to understand psychology, how human minds and brains work and the communicative skills needed to understand his clients. However, if he does not have the passion to talk to people and listen what his clients want to express, it if very difficult for him to be a good counselor. Also, if he could not persevere in what he does, he might give up too early once obstacles show up. Therefore, In addition, educational institutions cannot be responsible for the future of their students, so they should not dissuade their students from studying what they like, but studying in the field that are “more likely to succeed” but the students have no passion at all. It is the students who are going to spend their time studying in the fields they choose and maybe spend the rest of their lives working in that field. If they do not like what they choose, they could not enjoy their lives because normally two-third of the time would be spent at work.