Why do teachers try and steer you into careers?

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My experience of "advice" (that is, completely unwanted and unrequested advice that has no bearing on anything.) from teachers in high school about careers is not good. I want to be a musician, and I have been entirely dedicated towards that for years now. However, teachers always try and steer me into horrible, soul-destroying professions sitting behind desks for 50 years until you die. 

I wouldn't even mind their horrific advice if I had asked for it, but they seem to like randomly inserting career planning into every conversation, and refusing to accept anything even slightly risky as a potential life choice. Why do they care what I attempt to do with my life? Are there any teachers willing to explain to me why so many of you are trying to talk me out of the one thing I want to do?

Cheers, sorry if that was more like a rant than a question, it wasn't my intention. Question is - what business do teachers have in planning my life, and why do they favour incredibely tedious careers?

? · Answer

The school district wants a high percentage of students to go on to college or technical school.  Students who are interested in a career will be interested in applying to post-secondary schools so that they can start on that path toward a career.  Teachers are the ones who often have to get the students to wake up, look at the calendar, and realize that in junior year they had better be doing those college visits and in senior year had better be getting in those applications.

Anonymous · Answer

They just make suggestions. Most of which ARE 9-5 type jobs. They don't expect much more from kids who get a public school education. Be what you want to be. They said I should have been a security guard. That's when I knew they were nuts. LOL!

Anonymous · Answer

so yeh, where's the question?

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Why do teachers try and steer you into careers?

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