At the end of grade eleven, students at my school choose the for the final .
The choice decides which university courses are open two years later.
Most students choose what they are already good at, which is and incomplete.
A subject you like at sixteen may be taught very differently at university.
Our teacher asked every student to talk to one person doing the job they .
Three students changed their minds after a single conversation.
One wanted to study and discovered how many years it takes before the work begins.
Another discovered that the job she d does not require the she planned.
The exercise cost one evening and probably saved several years.
Nobody can choose well at seventeen, and everybody can choose better with one more conversation.