Choosing your career at age 14
Recently, South Caroline passed a law forcing eighth grade students to choose a (nonbinding) career goal. By high school, they take classes in related subjects.

One article I read on this mentions that some people think this is a bad idea, but it focuses on people saying that the kids actually like it.

While I do think they need to leave their options open, I have to think this is a good law.

My personal opinion is that one reason for current problems among modern children is that they are forced to grow up in such a sheltered bubble. It was that way to a degree when I was under 18 -- and it's gotten worse.

They're expected to live in DisneyWorld until they turn 18, then they're expected to be fully responsible adults.

It's ridiculous to think that at the stroke of midnight, they go from nonsexual, nonresponsible etc children to fully responsible adults.

So it's good that South Caroline is forcing them to think about the future and start to get ready for it.

And if they happen to wind up working in a corporate environment, they may wind up needing to learn how to use an XML editing program called Microsoft InfoPath


career choosing
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- posted by RickStooker @ 5:19 PM