It seems that in America, there can be no education for education&#x27;s sake; post-secondary pursuit of knowledge has been so monetized that 18-year-olds are expected to see into the future and determine the earning prospects over their 50-year-career. If your interests are in less paying fields you are the target of constant derision.<p>These articles and charts change nothing. They merely allow the  prized few whose talents and interests line up with the capitalist zeitgeist to pat themselves on the back and shun all those little people who dared to pursue their own genuine interest with their own life and their own money.