We are raising our children so that they understand that a liberal arts degree in Underwater Basket-weaving is a useless degree that will not support them in the future. They will need to get an education that will support them and keep them gainfully employed.
The difficulty in doing this is trying to look down the road and determine which fields will be the ones that will be in demand.
I don’t know what the economy will look like for my children and what employers will be looking for in the future.
I don’t want them to be educators because I hate teachers unions. I don’t want them to become doctors because I think Obamacare will make that line of work very difficult. I don’t want them to just get a degree that will be in high demand that will keep them employed, but won’t fulfill them as human beings. At the same time I don’t want them to keep their heads in the clouds and not be financially secure.
I should have taken up tea-leaves reading long ago. (Sigh.)
My elder daughter graduates tomorrow with a BA in Anthropology/Primatology. She wants to do the rehab/re-release/habitat conservation thing. In her defense, she’s had actual hands-on experience with exotic animals for 4 years, and she’s worked the entire time she’s been in college (mainly retail). Didn’t ask me for help with grad school, doesn’t want to GO to grad school. I guess we’ll see what happens...
I don’t know what the economy will look like for my children and what employers will be looking for in the future.”
Engineering
Accounting
Finance
Medicine/Nursing
That is what I encourage every chance I get.....
Ah yeah, right. I got your fulfillment right here.