Goodmorning and welcome honoured guests, respective parents, and hardworking examiners. Today I will present my opinion of the importance in choosing a career that directly links to helping society grow. My views challenge societal morals and values that have been dictating students lives this last decade. In school we are told that success comes in the form of payment. The amount we recieve through hard work directly thinks to our happiness, people who profit off their dreams and intellect are constantly looked up to and we are shown through peers, elders, and media that the gateway to happiness is through working a 9-5 in a prestigious company to pay for your bills and other small luxuries. However, what we are not told are the true challenges ourselves and others face. Happiness cannot be bought, we are told this over and over again yet society also tells us through working long, hard, strenuous hours our lives will be better as the numbers in our bank accounts rise. Is that really true though? Through the media we are shown how terrible 9-5 jobs are, people dedicate their entire platforms to complain of their terrible work lives, and the loneliness behind it. Statistics show that 43% of people working average office jobs are more likely to suffer from depression and other forms of mental health issues, the Office of National Statistics so have statistics which prove that 45% of office workers report hating their jobs and how unfulfilled their lives feel. Yet, future generations are told that this is the dream. That despite the job and how lonely it gets, it doesn't matter as long as you get paid at the end of the week. However, I am willing to challenge that view. I believe that your job does matter and that the amount you make per annum will not make you any happier the longer your life starts slipping away. Material wealth is not a gateway to happiness, compassion is. Compassion for those who are struggling, and through helping them will be more fulfilling than any numbers in your bank account. Compassion for the needy, will elicit a chain reaction through society that will increase the growth of humanity and community between people. Compassion for that girl sitting on her own, you may end up saving her from self consciousness and doubt. Compassion for that elderly man on the road, you might save his life by sparing him some extra change. Yes, society may believe and trick us into believing that success is a value given to us through monotonous and fruitless hours spent in a dingy office, but true success comes from community and compassion between members of society. Many charity workers claim how fulfilling and prosperous their jobs are despite the little pay they recieve. Teachers are some of the most underpayed members of the workforce, yet the work they do is more fulfilling than football stars or business owners. Compassion through teaching the young, compassion through helping them through rough times, compassion through looking after and teaching the future generations to be better will always be more prestigious and fulfilling than the hours spent mindlessly rotting alone, and ignoring the elderly woman who asks for help crossing the road. I hope that in the future, success will be portrayed for what it truly is. Compassion will be spread throughout society, and that more people start levitating towards jobs that are fundamentally helpful for society instead of what makes you the most money.