How do i explain to my mom to let me pursue career in pharmacy?

asr569: How do i explain to my mom to let me pursue career in pharmacy?
My mom hates pharmacy because we came from India and pharmacists pretty much have no respect there. Just called compounders. She wants me to be some other doctor but im not into surgery. And she said that if become doctor atleast i could go to india and still practice there with degree from USA. I might consider going back one day but not until much later. I love India and my family and cousins are all there but im just used to living in clean and modern country like america. My dad doesnt care as long as i can support myself. How do explain to my mom pharmacy is good?
everytime i try to talk to her about it she just gets mad and tells me how everyone back home in india will laugh. theres no respect for pharmacist there cuz at every corner theres a medicine store and just normal people distribute medicines all u need is doctors prescription. theres like 10 medicine stores on 1 block. so no demand for pharmacists at all. and my mom wants me to go back to india when im older like 40 or so. i would like to go back too around that age but cant if i do pharmacy but still want to stay here for a while.
btw my moms best friend is also a successful pharmacist she also from india. but she plans on livin in usa all life. i tell my mom how successful she is but she just get mad.

Answers and Views:

Answer by RC
Tell her that’s what you wanna do & you will do it with or without her support.

Answer by bittersweet
Well, you can try to explain to your mother, but it is very difficult to change someone’s personal opinion. But remember, you are an adult living in a free country, it is your choice. Plus, it sounds like Dad will support your decision so maybe he can talk to your mother too. Good luck!

Answer by Tinker1705
Explain to her all of the opportunities here in the U.S. with a Pharmacy degree! tell her that this is your real passion.

Answer by appsptspcl
First of all, it’s a good living here.

If she wants to compare here with there, why doesn’t she go back and leave you to your own life?

Answer by Amy lynn
Tell her that your real Passion is to be a pharmacist. A career is something you should like doing. At least you are making something out of yourself instead of doing nothing. Way to go. I am proud of YOU. 🙂

Answer by mburleigh8
I think all you can do is tell her Things are different over hear, You have to have respect to be a pharmacist, There are governmental agency’s that check what you do, and you need to pass tests to prove you know what you are doing.

Answer by Sugar
Just say Mom this is what I want to do.I love this kind of work. It’s very fulfilling and I know I’ll be happy with it. Please give me your blessings. Doing this I know I can make a difference. She’ll say Okay if you are sure. That’s it. Job done.

Answer by KAZONE
Tell her you make a 100K a year or more, without the stress of surgery or making a wrong diagnosis and being responsible for that, possibly getting sued. Less risk – great money.

Tell her it may not be respectfull in other countries, but it is here, and this is where you currently live.

Answer by Sourcerer
It may be hard to explain this to a person who’s been living her life feeling the way she does about pharmacists, that being a pharmacist is not what she feels it is.

Her understanding will come gradually, though. Just keep telling her that being a pharmacist is like any other occupation – it requires skills, as well as integrity, honesty, and other moral virtues, regardless of what she may have encountered in India (I really don’t know the reason why pharmacists in India are not respected, so I’m just talking in general here).

Show her, as well, that you, as a future pharmacist, are a good person. She may change her opinion of pharmacists based on your own actions, if they are truly virtuous. Depending on how deeply entrenched your mother’s views are in her, this may be variably difficult.

I’m afraid, however, that there is no magic word to make her change her opinion. Some things come gradually. So, the best I can tell you is that if you wish to convince your mother that being a pharmacist is a good thing, then you should be a good pharmacist.

Good luck.

Answer by Julia B
In most cases, Pharmacists have to have a doctorate degree. Try telling her that you will be a doctor, hope this helps.

Answer by Eskimo Mom
Do well in school, especially math & science. Take advantage of a Latin course, if possible, since prescriptions are written in Latin shorthand. Talk to your local pharmacist about their education & other requirements for his/her job & check out various schools that have pharmacy programs, such as Ohio Northern Univ., to let Mom know you are serious.

Pharmacists have to have as much education as doctors & have to be recertified by the state every so often. They are also under state & federal regulations. They cannot dispense certain drugs, like narcotics, without going through certain guidelines. The pharmacists that my Mom works with have PDA’s with all sorts of information on medicines available on the market. Most pharmacists work during regular business hours. They aren’t expected to be on call day & night, unless they work at a hospital or a pharmacy that offers that service.

Do your best not to nag her. Let your actions prove it. Even if she doesn’t approve, sounds like you will make your Dad proud no matter what. Good luck!!

Answer by FM
Well, that’s pretty interesting. In the US, the salary for someone with a pharmacy degree is pretty high. You should go to a university pharmacy school website and look at the information they provide about careers.

Answer by bullet b
tell your mom you wont be a drug pusher as so many pharmacist do, be like a drug developer.