...to elaborate/explain my relation and adaptation of this entry to my own beliefs:


...what i'm saying is how, based on the economic model of capitalism, people, young people, at too young of an age to really decide, are unknowingly deposited in an area of study based on the demands of society and the market rather than their own demands of their own heart and mind. yes, its works, and for good reason, but i don't think it would fall apart, either, if we were able to stress to these students more often to follow their dreams. there would still be accountants and advertisers, because there would still be people inclined to be interested or adept in those fields or who truly sought financial security as their form of happiness due to their personal nature and need for such. but people LIKE ME, would not have, not wasted per se, but misdirected her intellectual energy pursuing a field because it seemed lucrative. luckily i found marketing (began as business management!) which was actually interesting to me because of the behavioral, creative, and mathematically-challenging aspects of it. but again, do i really want to do anything in marketing in the corporate sense...i've changed my mind about those companies that do higher ed marketing, so no i don't.

and we, in guidance positions (high school or admissions side), throw terms at these young people that impact them far more than i think we realize..."one of the most highly demanded professions right now." = if you go to this school, you will get a job. I think they often associate it, perceive it, attach to it a respectability because they've been taught all of their lives to be a part of the group, to be needed, wanted, popular...it all goes way back to the group think instilled in them throughout school and we aren't aware enough of their intellectual foundations when using these kinds of terms. and also just the fact that its the first thing we say and make it seem most important because, to us, from the point of view of the college, its a SELLING point. something is intrinsically wrong with this, and it goes deeper than somehow blaming the economics of a country. its got nothing to do with placing the blame there, as that is a neutral and naturally occurring mechanism that exists for factually good reasons, not as some form of humanly devised protection, enhancement, or service to society, but just because it DOES.

its got to do with what we, as human people, emphasize, what we stress, what we deem important and its gone a little askew these days (going to say "in America" but its probably everywhere) because of the power of marketing really. it needs to be balanced, but i think people are afraid that the system will fail if we give people another outlook or consciousness.

and yes, its hard, because its all intertwined and you can't always separate on from the other. and thats why im saying its not about separation or restructuring the whole thing; simply about consciousness of this fact and about making sure we are all THINKING FOR OURSELVES. all i'm saying is that we are way too influenced by the market and need to be aware of that when influencing those we are deciding on educational and employment choices that are supposed to result in fulfillment, whether that fulfillment be in the form of financial security, creativity, happiness, interest, etc etc.