Tough words to graduates hit the nail on the head
China DailyLU PING/CHINA DAILY Zhang Xuefeng, a self-employed education counselor active on livestreaming platforms, provides high school and college graduates with advice on how to choose a major. For instance, unlike other dream-sellers who dish out chicken soup for the soul, Zhang doesn't mince words when it comes to the harsh realities of the cutthroat competition for good majors and good jobs. That's why Zhang urges these students to avoid humanities majors and focus on STEM ones instead — majors of science, technology, engineering and mathematics — to ensure they can nurture their core competitiveness in the job market before graduation. Although it is improper for him to say that graduates of humanities majors will mostly find themselves in jobs in the service sector as "a bootlicker" to their better-off counterparts, many students from common families said they had indeed benefited from his admonishing to find a stable job in big cities with a STEM degree.
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