This is Why High Paying American Jobs are being Shipped Overseas

According to The Wall Street Journal:

Math and science majors are popular until students realize what they’re getting themselves into, according to new research.

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The researchers surveyed 655 students entering Berea College, a private liberal arts college located in Kentucky, in the falls of 2000 and 2001. The students were asked about their beliefs pertaining to majors 12 times during each year they were in school, the first time prior to starting college. The questions covered a variety of topics, including their certainty of graduating with a particular major, their anticipated grade point average and the amount of work they expected to do each day.

The researchers found that while math and science majors drew the most interest initially, not many students finished with degrees in those subjects. More students dropped out of math and science majors and fewer students switched into them than any other area of study, including professional programs, social sciences, humanities and business.

The survey results also showed that the students who dropped out didn’t do so because they discovered an unexpected amount of the work. In fact, students who expressed interest initially anticipated more work than other majors.

The students switched out because they were dissatisfied with their grades. 

We wonder why so many jobs are going overseas, or why so many foreigners are coming to our country to take many high paying positions.  Maybe it has something to do with the youth of America's work ethic.  Maybe taking the easiest route to a degree isn't necessarily the best way to ensure a legitimate career.  Maybe thinking that a major is too hard and giving up on it isn't the best way to get ahead in life.  

Is it possible that hard work and dedication could have brought these students grades up?  Of course it is!  Is it possible that partying less in college and focusing on school work may help students get a great job?  Without a doubt.  I am guilty of similar actions in my past, so I am not saying these things as if I am any better than any one of these students in question.  I am saying these things out of true concern for where we are heading as a nation.  

I am one of the lucky ones who got a great job without a college degree, it's possible, but not necessarily probable.  So when young adults go to school for a field like math or science, which are two majors America is in desperate need of, then drop out, what does that say about our future outlook?  Then those students end up thinking that Art History, Latin or Philosophy is the right major for them.  Which it very well may be, and since we are told our entire lives to find something we love and that we can do whatever we want, these students end up graduating with a worthless piece of paper.

My advice, try harder, don't give up.  If you think math or science is a field you want to get in to, be prepared for it to be hard.  Anything in life worth anything should be.