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[QUOTE="Paesano, post: 3011965, member: 5631"]
Sure but they don't just need to take classes in their major.  You have situations where kids are taking required classes that they will probably never use in their prospective careers.  My son is Psych and Pre-med.  He loves his psych classes.  He hated general chemistry but that is required for pre-med.  There won't be much need for general chem in his career as a doctor (if he ends up there) but he has to do well in it because it is required and his GPA matters.  Same for physics.  He likes that a bit more.  Same for biology but that is more relevant and he likes it.  And then you have calculus.  I doubt he will ever use that but he actually does like it.  So, some classes are required even if they have limited relevance and the kids have to do well in them, even if they don't like those classes.  In those cases, you have a limited love for learning the subject matter AND you have the stress of needing to maintain a high GPA which, let's face it, isn't much fun either.

I guess the point is, getting to do something you love, long term, often involves not always loving what you are doing short term.
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