Today in this environment of layoffs, cutback and poor economic conditions pointing your kids in the right direction for a career choice is essential.  Too many kids go into college without a clue as to what they want to do for a living.  Today on msnbc.com I read an article about the 15 top paying jobs and guess what all of them were in the medical field except two.   Air traffic controller and CEO were the only ones not related to the medical profession that was listed.  Most jobs listed were for doctors or dentists in various specialty fields.  With the average age of the  population of the united states getting older the medical field is going to definately be the wave of the future.  My daughter enrolled in an Indiana nursing school and already has a job in the medical field as a technician where here tuition is paid for until she gets her nursing degree.  Not only will she have a high paying career as a nurse when she gets out but she will not have any student loans to pay back. You will be suprised how many companies in the medical field are paying partial or full tuition for nursing students or those seeking degree in the medical field