As you finish your basic, high-quality education, perhaps around age 15, you entertain (with your parents’ consent) exciting job offers from a variety of employers, many that provide training programs for skills that you didn’t learn in school. In today’s high-tech, industrial world, employers generally look to hire you for the thinking skills that you developed while in school. With that base, they can teach you, and you can learn, pretty much anything on-the-job. A few specialized professions such as medicine, law, engineering, and natural science require additional study for which future employers, banks, and other financial institutions compete to provide financial support. But most professions are taught on-the-job through a mix of on- and off-site courses and real-life practice without the need for financial aid. To cover the costs involved, some employers who provide extensive training might offer employment contracts that require either a certain term of employment or a repayment option should you choose to leave early.
Think Right or Wrong, Not Left or Right 