When I asked elementary and junior high school students, ``Why do you want to become a doctor?'', they didn't say ``Because I like the job.'' = South Korea

When we asked elementary and junior high school students in South Korea, ``Why do you want to become a doctor?'', we found that the answer has recently changed from ``Because it's a job I like'' to ``Because I can earn a lot of money.''
It was. According to the report ``Changes in Students' Occupational Values: Focusing on Doctors and Law Specialists'' released by the Korea Vocational Ability Research Institute on the 30th, the current state of elementary and junior high school career education in 2018 and 2022.
This is what we found when we analyzed the reasons students chose their desired careers through a survey. As a result of comparing the reasons for choosing the desired occupation in 2018 and 2022, the No. 1 answer
All respondents answered ``because it's my favorite job,'' but the percentage of students who answered the same way decreased by about 5 percentage points over four years in elementary, junior high, and high school.
On the other hand, the percentage of respondents who answered ``Because I think I can earn a lot of money'' increased. Elementary school students are 2018
It will jump 11.1 percentage points from 4.4% in 2019 to 15.5% in 2022, while middle school students will increase from 5.8% to 8.9%, and high school students will increase from 6.5% to 9.0%, 3.1 percentage points and 2.
5 percentage points higher. The percentages of respondents who answered ``Because it seems like I have a high chance of advancement'' and ``Because I can work creatively'' were either the same or lower.
For elementary school students, the response rate for ``I think I can come up with ideas and work creatively'' increased by 3.0% from 6.4% to 3.4%.
At junior high schools and high schools, the response rates for ``I think there is a high possibility of development'' decreased by 0.9 percentage points (5.5% → 4.6%) and 1.3 percentage points (6.4% → 5.1%), respectively.
I got angry. On the other hand, an analysis of students who chose ``doctor'' as their desired career revealed that elementary and middle school students pursue economic value.
In 2018, elementary school students said they wanted to become a doctor because it was a job they liked (22.3%);
Although many students said that they would be able to accomplish their goals well (21.5%) and that they would be able to serve society (20.5%), in 2022 they said, 'I think I will be able to earn a lot of money.'
' was ranked first with 30.1%. In 2018, junior high school students also frequently answered that it's because I like the job (25.7%) and because I think I can do it well (19.7%).
However, in 2022, ``Because I think I can earn a lot of money'' was the highest at 29.3%. There were also some changes in the reasons for choosing the legal profession that students wanted to become.
. For elementary school students, among the reasons for wanting to become a legal specialist, ``I think I can do well'' decreased from 26.9% to 20.7%, while ``Because I think I can make a lot of money''
It increased from 9.8% to 18.7%. Among junior high school students, in 2018, the highest response rate was 27.8% for ``Because it's my favorite job,'' but in 2022, ``I think I can do it well.''
kara' (32.2%) ranked first. Jeong Ji-eun, a member of the Vocational Skills Research Institute, said, ``Recently, there is an increasing tendency to pursue economic freedom and stability through occupation, but at the same time there is a tendency to pursue creative challenges and development possibilities.''
There is a decreasing tendency to seek We need to make efforts to provide students with opportunities to experience various vocational values, develop creative thinking, and accumulate experiences that contribute to society."