Do you think the author has given a realistic reason to make Steve change his mind from learning the law.

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Re: Do you think the author has given a realistic reason to make Steve change his mind from learning the law.

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Yes the author did. The Sergeant Durk's lecture was enough reason for him to change his mind from law, this is realistic enough
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I will say he was right. first, he only postponed his desire to go to law school and not change. He wanted to make a change and he risk things to make that happen.
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The reasons were not concrete enough. He acted like an ignorant kid, knowing how dangerous the system is. He could have died while going this.
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Nope, the reason was somehow not correlated. But it’s understandable seeing that before going into the police force, he had no idea on what to do.
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Yes I think he did. The reason was very accurate and worthy as it can be.
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Yes the author did, people may not acknowledge it but it was Sergeant Durk's lecture that inspired him
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The author has my support. Despite the fact that Steve was almost finished with law school when he took what I perceived to be a somewhat severe decision, I recognize that some people have to deal with certain events in their lives when they arise. Not missing these crucial occasions is a must.
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FunkyFlowerLady wrote: 22 Sep 2022, 03:02 Yeah, I think it is quite common to see young people change fields just because they suddenly become passionate about a certain subject, and given the circumstances in the book, where change was desperately needed in society, I think it was quite believable and realistic.
This is true... Youths and passion are opposite sides of the same coin. So I agree with you that the author did a believable job.
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I believe Steve made up his mind to focus on birthing a better system than just studying law. However, I think becoming a lawyer would place him in a right spot for his cause. 
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Steve's main reason to join the police force was to be near Roxy. He just tried to get a more realistic reason by trying to convince himself that he is doing it to make a real difference and stop police corruption. I believe that he could have made a difference as well by joining law school.
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I will say that Steve had his own ideas and considered making a difference rather than merely becoming a lawyer when there are already lawyers everywhere. He decided to take the risk and pursue what he believed to be the greatest course for a better system.
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I think it was worth postponing his law school. Joining the providence department to eliminate corruption is a good reason to postpone his law school.
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no idea made me think that he was right to change his studies so drastically.
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I think Steve's change of mind is justifiable enough. He wanted to bring change into society, which I think is quite admirable.
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Post by Chris Rich Nwaka »

Although I thought it was a bit of a severe step to make given that Steve was almost finished with law school, I can appreciate that some individuals simply cannot ignore certain events in their lives when they happen. I do support the author in this because these are crucial moments that shouldn't be missed.
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