This is one of the things that science educators struggle with these days -- we need people who are knowledgeable about science, but is it really right to encou

This is one of the things that science educators struggle with these days -- we need people who are knowledgeable about science, but is it really right to encourage students to go into science when we know what the landscape looks like? At a minimum, kids who "want to grow up to be a professor" should be told in no uncertain terms what the prospects look like, so they at least go in with open eyes.