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>And is there some reason why you had to prepare for every one of them while you were in college the first time? If college was a 1-2 year targeted learning experience, it would be far easier to go back and get a different degree if you decided to do something else with your life.

Easier? At 35, divorced with children? At 55 when you just got laid off? Your suggestion as merit for SOME lives, would make others infinitely more difficult (welcome to the real world :-)) What WOULD be nice would be more options instead of the present college then work that most people live through.

I wonder how many people DECIDE to do something different compared to the number who fall into a new career. Certainly, I'm in the latter category!

Barbara