I just sent the article link to my 21 year old son. He is in his senior year of college, majoring in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering (minoring in Land Management). He’s exhausted (rigorous classes) but looking towards the finish line.
This article made me think back to when he was applying to universities and needing his HS guidance counselor to send his transcripts. She questioned WHY he would select THAT type of curriculum with all the negative affects on the environment from drilling, fracking and pipelines. When he told his dad and I about her comments, he added “I guess she walks to work...”
He should have sent her the chart above, lol. Career counsellors at HS and college are supposed to help naive young people make responsible decisions, but in fact they are too stupid to even know what good choices are. When I wanted to do electrical engineering, physics, or biomed, they tried to steer me elsewhere also. I was the first in my family to ever go to college, so I couldn't get advice from family, the counsellor said, "You don't want to do that, those are really hard." Having just come out of the Army, I explained that I was going to college so I could get a financially rewarding career, not to check a box.