I'm 13 years old and turning 14 in a month. I have been googling some stuff online and I came across this website and I made an account less than an hour ago from the moment I am writing this. I hope I'm writing on the right forum. So I'm 13 and I want to go into medical school. Right now, my dreams are to become a surgeon. I know becoming a surgeon takes hard work and a lot of dedication and I know I probably have no idea what that means at this age, but my love for surgery makes me want to work hard and to focus on nothing but it. At heart, I'm not a very hard worker. I've spent my years alive playing video games and doing stupid things with my friends. Surgery makes me want to change that. I'm not a very hardworking person but I want to change into that person so I can become a doctor. Maybe not a surgeon, but a doctor. I don't know a lot about medicine but I am eager to learn. I've ordered 14 books about surgery, the anatomy, medicine, and the heart. I'm open to any suggestions, as I plan to read all that I can and absorb as much knowledge as I can. Am I too young to be dedicated to becoming a doctor? Everyone I've talked to about it and everything I see online just keeps on telling me how impossible it is and I think that if I start learning now, young, it can be easier for me. Most of the people around me make fun of me for even thinking about becoming a surgeon. I'm not the smartest person by any means, and I don't have the best grades and I never have, but I really do hope to change that. I've only averaged straight As for a third of a semester (about six weeks in my school).
Besides that, I'm usually a mostly Bs and some As student, and the occasional C. I believe my average this school year was a 3.578. I believe the reason I'm doing so poorly is because of my lack of interest in the subjects I'm doing, as I believe that I learn best when I have interest in learning. I stopped trying during school and I slacked all year, and I want to try next year. I'm just seeking advice here, even if that means not so nice criticism. Feel free to tell me I won't make it or that I have no chance, I've heard it all before and I'm sure going to hear it again. With my current grades and behaviours in my education, should I just live my life as a teen and just be a teen or should I focus and dedicate myself to becoming a doctor? I can't see myself doing anything else. How much do I really need to dedicate? Am I doing too little? Too much? If too little what should I do? I just really want to become a doctor and I'm willing to work at it. Any advice or friendly criticism would be greatly greatly appreciated.
Besides that, I'm usually a mostly Bs and some As student, and the occasional C. I believe my average this school year was a 3.578. I believe the reason I'm doing so poorly is because of my lack of interest in the subjects I'm doing, as I believe that I learn best when I have interest in learning. I stopped trying during school and I slacked all year, and I want to try next year. I'm just seeking advice here, even if that means not so nice criticism. Feel free to tell me I won't make it or that I have no chance, I've heard it all before and I'm sure going to hear it again. With my current grades and behaviours in my education, should I just live my life as a teen and just be a teen or should I focus and dedicate myself to becoming a doctor? I can't see myself doing anything else. How much do I really need to dedicate? Am I doing too little? Too much? If too little what should I do? I just really want to become a doctor and I'm willing to work at it. Any advice or friendly criticism would be greatly greatly appreciated.