Words of Wisdom

I desperately wish I'd gone to school to do hair.  How sad.  Not that it would guarantee clients and not that there isn't a surplus of cosmetologists in my small community, but at least I would have something to fall back on.  Hindsight is 20/20.  While there are a million things I'd do differently if I could turn the clock back ten years, I'm going to take this opportunity today to bestow upon you some practical advice if you want job security for the next 20-30 years.
1.  Go to school to be a nurse.  Specifically, get your LPN and get a job (hopefully it includes a sign on bonus).  Let your employer pay for your RN.  Let your employer pay for your P.A. or Nurse Practitioner education.  The median salary for the average female Physician's Assistant is a mere $5,000 less than the median salary for the average female physician.  Not too shabby.  Even if you stop at your RN you'll still make around $30 an hour.  Not to shabby, either.  Shit, even LPNs make $15-$19 per hour.  I'd take that in a heartbeat. 
2.  On this same train of thought, go to school to be a pharmacist.  Just like hospitals are going to be bombarded by baby boomers, so are pharmacies.  This path is slightly more expensive, but this career is the highest paying, on average, for women in this country.
3.  If you have the means to finance it and are positioned desirably in terms of geography, open an assisted living facility/nursing home or start a home health company, because you will have a long waiting list in the coming years.
4.  Go to school to be a funeral director and then move to Florida.  Seriously.  For a two year investment in your education you can provide an expensive service that every single person in the country needs.  EVERY SINGLE PERSON!!!  Morbid?  Maybe.  But true. 
5.  Finally, there are a lot of unemployed attorneys in this country.  The popular and long-standing belief is that going to law school will guarantee a job and a good income.  While that's true to some extent (there's nothing preventing any law school graduate from opening a private practice, after all) the majority of entry-level and assistant attorneys make less than school teachers.  So, (and I bet you've already guessed it) specialize in estate law and open your own practice.  Like I said above, everyone is going to die.  The smart ones pay good money to plan for it.  Again, this is one of the more expensive options, but a viable one, nonetheless.
The sad demographic truth is that baby boomers are going to bleed our generation for years so it only makes sense to make a profit off of them.
Finally, if you're stupid enough to go to college, for God's sake do well in high school and apply for every scholarship you can.  That shit's expensive.