[jyl]

I started in physics, ended up getting my BA in mathematics. In my senior year I took a class in rhetoric and argument that changed my direction. Went to law school. Never used most of my math or physics again, but during 14 years as a lawyer the way of thinking, concepts and intuition were useful all the time. Then I changed careers, got an MBA and went into investing. Never used most of my law, math, or physics again, but the thinking, concepts and intuition were useful all the time. I hope to have another career before I kick the bucket - maybe I'll have a food cart - and I expect the thinking, you know the rest.

I agree with many of you.
- college isn't trade school. A kid gets out of trade school and will, if things go well, do his trade for the rest of his career. A kid gets out of college and will, if things go well, do many different things such that his first job is just the start.
- but by the same token, the college kid needs to be prepared to learn and adapt, change and strive. If he didn't learn that, uh oh
- and neither of them should come out of school with heavy debt. Exception, perhaps, being the rare kid who will go to Goldman Sachs or Google straight from graduation