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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, it looks like you're looking for reasons to tell your DD not to head into education. If you'd care to share your own concerns (burn out? low pay? little respect? she should be "saving the world" as Secretary of State instead of one kid at a time?), then perhaps you might get some more focused answers.

Conversely, is there anything DD has expressed that makes you think she might be a great, or not-so-great,teacher?[/quote]

No, I'm not "looking for reasons . . . not to head into education."  Instead, I posted an open-ended question to get the views/opinions/thoughts of others (in particular, teachers) on what they would do if they were in my position -- i.e., the parent of a student who is most/more interested in becoming a teacher but whose academic profile (equally strong in math/science as in language arts) would allow her to pursue other interests as well.   I was very intrigued by the poster who replied "hell no" -- and so followed-up in the hope that he/she would be willing to expand on that reply.  By the way, thank you to all the other posters too -- you've provided just the type of information I was looking for in switching over this thread.    [/quote]

Your say your daughter wants to pursue teaching even if, as you suggest, her academic profile could lead her in other directions like math or science. But you haven't said (so far) she has a passion for any other subjects besides teaching. We're just going on the info you've provided, so if she also has a passion for veterinary science, that would be good to know, but so far you've given no indication of any interests besides teaching. Honestly, from your posts here, which admittedly is all we have to go on, it seems like you do have reservations about teaching. I'm not the only poster who thinks your original post wasn't open-ended, instead I agree with 16:27 who said it seemed a little "unbalanced." Similarly, being "equally strong in math/science" isn't a definitive argument for doing pre-med or physics, instead it's also potentially another argument for teaching math/science. There's nothing wrong about having reservations about teaching. And maybe you really don't have any reservations. But if that is indeed the case, then you need to own it, and ask yourself why.  The questions above seem well-intended, and directed at pin-pointing what teachers could address for you.[/quote]

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