Should our children begin trainning for a particular job at a young age?

Question

It's nice to get to do what we want in life but some roles are hard to fill with people who haven't been training for the job all their lives. I think the option to study something extra is good but I feel we should start training our children for particular jobs based on testing and parents like in Germany. I would like to see Presidents that know what they're job is before they get into the White house. I feel the way we run things is very inefficient and wasteful of the potential of the human race.

Second I expect many of you to agree with me and I ask how do we change the system and where can we start?

Answer 1

if we only knew what jobs were going to be hot in the future, that would be a great idea

Answer 2

no, its better for them to be who the already are, freedom ☼☺☼ outweighs subjugation ║〠║,

Answer 3

NO! Children should be learning how to think, really think, not memorize and regurgitate. Critical thinking, original ideas, If you can learn to THINK, you can learn anything later on.

Tracking a child for a profession is horrible. Stifles creativity and allows no room for experimentation and just imagination. Most of us don't think, we read a textbook, memorize the details we think are on the test and then forget about it. Thinking is original, astounding, refreshing.

At 8 or 10 your "test scores" may show a different personality than at 15. Then it's too late. Give them the basics, and set them  free to explore.