Y.E.S. TUKS (Young Economists Society)

Do What You Love and Love What You Do

Word of Wisdom

• Current varsity students need to realise the transition from varsity to the real world is a big change of life style and socioeconomic pressure
• Things will not always go your way. They’ll come a time when u WILL fail dismally, have new friends that change your behaviour, and attitude towards life.
• At the end YOU as a person have a choice, give it all away for the ‘good’ life or persevere and be the best student to best of your abilities, and not just any student, but a student who loves what they do.

Background on Y.E.S. Tuks

• The most recurring questions we as the Y.E.S committee come across on a daily basis are
• why did you start the society?
• What do you guys do?
• Who can join?
• What are the benefits of me joining?
• Like any other project or assignment, for it to be done and formulated it would require in-depth research before it could come into existence.
• We realised from most students that we informally interviewed that most of them have no passion for what they are currently studying. Its just about hoping for a pass, making the parents ‘happy’ and to become wealthy whilst disregarding their happiness.
• Most of these students do not have a long term plan for their lives. All the reliance is placed on what mommy and daddy say.
• The first female student we interviewed had this to say, “Alan I really don’t know anymore, things are just not working out for me.” I asked why? She replied, “ I' am not coping with the work load and this is not what I wanted to study, I've always wanted to study psychology or photography, but I opted for economics because I am doing it for the money”
•  We then realised that most students are one dimensional. Their main focus is living a life of artificial wealth, with fast cars and money and not doing what they love.
• This brings about the question. Does it mean when you’re not wealthy or driving a fancy mean that you unsuccessful? There's something to think about.
• We then realised that most students are one dimensional. Their main focus is living a life of artificial wealth, with fast cars and money and not doing what they love.