Originally Posted by kcab
Reading the article and various comments in various places, and just from what DH and I and our friends have discussed over the years, much of the perceived problem comes from inadequate career information and guidance for teens.

It's even worse when your scholarship is tied to continuing in engineering (or other STEM), so you are chained to a subject about which you know virtually nothing.

As I recall, the career information and guidance that I had as a teen was approximately as follows:

College = $uccess!

Although I didn't have any interest in a "career" of any kind, I just knew that there were a list of things you had to do and you had to choose *something* to go do with yourself.