Poverty of ambition?

Got chatting with a recent graduate of the University this morning before the clearing helpline opened for the calls which will hopefully be continuing today as a result of the GCSE results. Some students have been employed on a temporary basis to help with the calls which seems like an excellent idea for various reasons. Anyway, we were both in early so he was telling me about his job hunting and where he might get references and that he had nothing really in the pipeline yet. By his own admission he had drifted into a degree course that didn't really excite or inspire him and although he had got a good degree result at the end of it he was now applying for IT support jobs of one sort or another. But his real passion was something quite different and he became much more animated when he talked about that. We talked some more and I told him how I ended up working where I do and why, and also how there is graduate work around in the areas that interest you but you have to go and seek it out and be proactive. I hope he pursues his dreams and doesn't end up compromising. It seems to me we have not succeeded if just one of our graduates is leaving with a good degree but somehow lacking the ambition to pursue his dreams and make a difference.