Subj : Re: Screens Distract Stud
To   : Dr. What
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Sat Apr 12 2025 02:10 pm

  Re: Re: Screens Distract Stud
  By: Dr. What to Rob Mccart on Sat Apr 12 2025 02:56 pm

 > A "perfect world" would be that everyone would know in the 3rd grade what
 > they would like to be - but what would we do with all those firemen and
 > ballerinas?

I can't believe kids nowadays feel compelled to have a major lined up when they enter college. When I entered in the mid-80s, it was perfectly reasonable to go undeclared for your first 3 semesters, take lower-division classes and a couple of classes in an area of interest, and decide after trying them out. This was mostly in related fields, like business to finance/accounting/CIS, or CS/Engineering/Math. 

I had a declared major going in, but had options been available for something more IT-related than hard CS, I would have gone down that route.

....What is the reality of the situation?
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