I can't believe they actually expect 9th grade students to be able to decide what they want to do later in life..... It's completely absurd! I mean, when I was in 9th grade I knew that I was going to go to college, but I had really no idea what I wanted to do.

As to giving them a greater interest in school...that's a load of hogwash. Students who don't like school anyways are not going to enjoy it anymore if you force them to pick a career path, and make them stick to it through school. The way to get more students interested is to get them more involved in the classes they already have. If they're still not interested, the school and the parents need to work together to help the student....giving them work in a "specific field" isn't going to make it more interesting for them.

Of course, there would be a few students that this would help, but there'll be a lot more that it wouldn't...