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Have I ever remarked on how completely ridiculous it is to ask high school students to decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives and give them nearly no support in doing so?
Support like, say, spending a day apiece watching twenty different jobs and then another week at their top three choices, with salary charts and projections and probabilities of graduating that subject given their test scores? The more so considering this is a central allocation question for the entire economy?
My high school used to organise a Saturday every year when they would invite their old alumni to come and tell any interested students about their academic and/or job experience. Lots of people would come, since it was a good chance to catch up and have a free quality lunch with their old friends and teachers (many of whom were friends too - it was a small, quality school).
The logistics and self-selection effect meant there was an overrepresentation of younger people who still lived in the area (usually working engineering, office, or teaching jobs), but it was still an extremely useful experience.