Career Choice Disadvantages

In the past, several societies have expected students to identify a career by the time during which they begin high school. While this is not yet customary in the United States, many have wondered if it should be. While an early career choice does have some perks, there are certainly more disadvantages than advantages. Students should be organized into career categories based on their skills in academics, such as advanced degree students, college students, specialists, such as cosmetologists, and those with technical degrees, such as welding. Students should not, however, be expected to determine their area of expertise in the end of eighth grade/beginning of ninth grade, a time period during which the average student is only 14 years old, according to a recent survey by the University of Oxford Press. There are many reasons behind this. For one, a student should experience life independently and as a matured adult before making such a life-altering decision. Additionally, throughout high school and college,

While there are a few benefits, the disadvantages greatly outweigh the few positives. Pushing students into a certain field could potentially have negative effects. Students should not be made to choose their field so early primarily because of the need for more time as a mature individual before deciding, one will take more particular courses in high school and college, and because students could potentially end up with a dissatisfying life and career. A person only has one life to live, and will likely spend it in a certain field, so it should be spent doing something desired, and making such a drastic decision so early could