Quote Originally Posted by jerrywall View Post
Also, the assumption that someone KNOWS what they're going to do their whole life? Absurd. I'm in my 40s, and I've had multiple career shifts in my life. My wife was an english major, and she's working (and loving) in HR and accounting. I've never been unemployed or unemployable, and I credit a well rounded education to that. You never know what the future brings.


Now my son decided last year he wanted to be a programmer. I encouraged him (and he is) to attend Vo-Tech (or whatever PC terminology they're using now) instead of enrolling in college, until he's more sure it's what he wants to do. From experience, I know programming sucks, and there is a very specific mindset that's good at it (I am). But it's mind numbing boring work. So I don't want him to waste money pursuing it. He's already changing his mind, so this year at vo-tech is helping him mature before college. Now he wants to (uhg) go to OU.
Maybe it should be the norm to do several years of internship work before starting college. I've thought it would be a good idea. College just doesn't seem like the place to "figure out what you want to do" especially considering how many people don't actually take a job in "what they wanted to do".