Originally Posted by Val
Originally Posted by Bostonian
You and geofizz have a point, but there are some "behind-the-scenes" careers that may not cross the minds of even high school students unless someone brings them up.

That's the part about telling our kids they have options. smile

Indeed. DD's love of statistics has led us to describe "actuarial science" for her quite explicitly since she was about five years old. Because it's not something that you hear much about, but BOY, is it ever important in a variety of fields.

Bostonian, your post made me chuckle, since everyone in our household is fully aware of those options in particular. Esoteric, probably, to be sure-- but it's been a relatively frequent topic of discussion here. smile DD really likes the idea of flagging people for insurance fraud, for example.

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