Along about the middle of the 2nd year, she came over to Germany for the Christmas vacation and spent it with Dad.
So this odd discussion came up. She'd talked to two friends who'd finished up college and gone out with their degrees (this was about 2002), and found that whatever they'd majored in....was worthless on the pay-scale and finding employment.
My co-worker talked to someone who was a expert on this business, and they agreed to spend an hour talking to the daughter. The daughter shifted her focus, and lined up a different degree path....adding an extra semester onto the situation.
I looked over this presentation by CNBC and readily agree....there's a fair number of disenchanted folks....who fall into this problem now. The trouble for colleges? Eventually, I think that a dozen degree paths are going to fall apart, with professors given a 'exit-door'.
My wife ran the patient finical service for a large hospital system in the SF bay area. Quite a few of her employees had liberal arts degrees. A number of them had teaching degrees and then they found out they didn't like to teach.
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DeleteAfter working at Payless department store as a retail clerk for three decades (30 years), they up and closed.
Penniless from Payless, she went to university to become a surgical nurse.
Beaucoup loans out the wazoo.
Graduated with a four-year degree, only to discover she hated the Operating Room cold.
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Last I heard, she prefers cats and wine.
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An aside:
After a respectful moment of mourning, in many of the same locations and with identical merch, 'Payless' re-opened under their new name -- Rite-Aid.