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I spend a lot of time hanging out with teachers (my wife is one and most of our friends are as well). I have also been in the position to hire people in my current role. The important thing for people to learn in school these days is how to learn. Learning how to learn gives you a leg up in a world where jobs are constantly shifting and skill sets learned last year are now obsolete. In order to succeed today, people need to be able to adapt to change.
This is true whether you are an engineer, a data processing clerk or a nurse.
I am also of the opinion that focusing too much on any one thing is going to limit you. Yes, you will become an expert in that one field but you will may not have the ability to put what you do into a larger context.
I did film studies as my major (it's like English Literature but with films) but I took a bunch of courses in Philosophy, Art, Religion, Women's Studies, etc. I am now running the programming department at a TV Channel. Nothing I studied specifically lead me here. I studied what interested me and did extra curricular things that interested me (Campus Radio, Photography Club, Theatre club, etc.). It gave me a foundation on which I could build a career.
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"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke
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