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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, if she wants to go into teaching, please let her explore the idea and don't discourage her.  Teaching programs will require a lot of in-class observation and mentoring.  She can decide if it's not for her.

We need good teachers.  Don't dissuade her before she even gets a chance to experience what it would be like.

FWIW, I am a teacher (not English) and am very happy with my career choice.[/quote]

This, exactly this.

If she is going into it with realistic expectations (she's not going to get rich or reach every kid, every day), then teaching can be a wonderful profession.  I'm a career switcher, and I'm only on year 5 of teaching, but I wouldn't go back  to my old career that paid twice as much.  Yes, sometimes bills are tight, and yes, sometimes the standards I'm required to teach are seemingly pointless, and yes, it is often frustrating, but I really do love it.

Encourage her to speak to different teachers and talk to education majors and figure out if her expectations of the field line up at all with the reality.  I would also recommend that she double major (major in English or literature or whatever AND secondary education, as opposed to secondary english education).  That way if she ever decides to switch, she has a degree that is a bit more flexible than education.  Friends who have left teaching have struggled to find a different job if their only degree is education.[/quote]

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