We do have a mandatory career course here...I was in the first year they ran it, and it was idiotic. Since grade 7 or so, they've been doing little career survey things from time to time, and this was just a half semester of pointless busy work. My teachers mostly acted as if every last one of us was destined for university, to be a doctor, lawyer or engineer. While I agree that a career oriented course is a good idea, they've really got to reevaluate their current approach, so that it reflects reality instead of the idealistic pipe dream they forced down our throats.