In the early 1990s at least, high school guidance people in Massachusetts did in fact tell us to study whatever we liked. The claim was that the degree wouldn't matter, because you'd get a job that wasn't really determined by your degree. (in that case why get a degree, hmmm?)
I think it made sense to the people giving the advice. That was how their lives had worked out. They got degrees, then ended up employed to give high school students career advice. (this is a low-paying job) For some reason it never occurred to them to say "Whatever you do, don't go down the path I went down!!!".
I think it made sense to the people giving the advice. That was how their lives had worked out. They got degrees, then ended up employed to give high school students career advice. (this is a low-paying job) For some reason it never occurred to them to say "Whatever you do, don't go down the path I went down!!!".