This article is about how the choice of college major actually prepares students for the workplace. It's intended for college students, but given that so many high school seniors pick their colleges based on their intended majors, I think it’s worth a read. Here are a couple passages I thought were notable.
"Students are told to be practical and find a major that will serve them in practical terms carrying them to a life in engineering or accounting. Or they are told to find a passion and follow that. Neither is quite right. The reality is that few people remain in jobs that relate to their majors in any way."
"Because any major — pretty much across the board — except perhaps in some clinical areas like engineering, will give you skill and experience in thinking critically, engaging in research and problem solving, hopefully in writing and communicating what you choose is important only in that it allows you to manifest your excellence. Going for the practical when it does not suit your learning style or aptitude will only leave students frustrated and failing. We wonder why so many students leave college. They are taking classes that they don't understand from a skills relevance standpoint or that they don't like and so don't do well in."
"Finding a passion is a lifetime activity that we get to practice in college in finding a major where we can revel in something that engages us at our best. Then the world will offer opportunities to work in areas that may become new passions that were never even on the radar screen."