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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  So far I'm neither discouraging it nor encouraging it. I doubt he will teach for a 30 year career.  More likely he'll end up in graduate school or law school in 10 years.  My father took this path and my son knows his grandfather well.  
My son has always loved kids.  He's a super outgoing, dynamic, funny, charismatic person. He has loved many of his own teachers. He would be a fantastic teacher/coach.  I can completely see it. 
Finances may eventually come into play eventually as he's not a trust fund kid or anything like that but I'm a firm believer that kids can (even in 2023) explore passions/interests for a season before every life or career decision needs to be made based on the financial return. 
We're committed to paying or undergrad (regardless of major).  Why not let the kid pursue his passion?  I know that neither my husband or I settled into our eventual long-term careers until we were 30.

Anyway, again--&gt; the real point of my post is whether an interest in education will be a positive with admissions (because it's unique) or negative (because it's not viewed as prestigious or high intensity). Clearly not everyone can be a computer science, finance or pre-med major but how does this really play out?
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Negative because they they will see through this including the middle school teacher part -signed family of teachers. Nice try.[/quote]

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