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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teenagers can and should change their minds. Perhaps they take an intro class as part of distribution requirements and have a particularly great professor who makes them fall in love with the subject?[/quote]

That early doesn't rebut to what OP said. [/quote]

The OP said that students shouldn't be allowed (!?!) to major in something they didn't show an interest in while in high school.[/quote]

I am not OP, but it seems to me that OP is saying that there are certain careers where you really need to be passionate to make it work.  For those careers, if a kid isn't showing a sign of passion they probably should be steered away.

So, if your kid wants to be an accountant, but has never done taxes for fun as a hobby?  That's fine.  Or if your kid wants to be a plumber but doesn't get excited when the sink clogs?  That's also fine.

But if your kid doesn't write spontaneously, and wants to major in creative writing; or if they don't even attend the plays in HS, much less try out for them, but wants to major in theater; or if you had to force them to practice their instrument, and suddenly they want a music major?  That's kind of a red flag, because the people who do well in those fields are the kids who can't imagine doing anything else.

Now, if your kid wants to go to medical school, or law school, or into another field where undergraduate major doesn't matter, and chooses a liberal arts degree in a field they are interested in but not passionate about?  I think that's fine too.  [/quote]

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