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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMO if you as the parents are paying for school, it’s fine to limit the type of degree program you are willing to pay for.[/quote]
Do you have children? I ask because that is incredibly harsh and controlling. Setting parameters such as maintaining a certain grade point average as a condition for paying tuition is one thing. But setting a specific major as a condition for paying is a whole other ballgame. That’s not what being a loving and supportive parent is about. It’s a sure route to a fractured relationship, especially pulling it halfway into the kid’s college experience. [/quote]

Parents work hard, save money every year since their kids were babies and if they see their young adult child spending that hard earned money in a frivolous way, I can see pulling back the funding.

This is not to say that teaching is a "frivolous" profession, not at all.  But if she has suddenly switched to teaching, the reasons for her rather abrupt major change should be discussed.  M[b]ake sure she is doing this for the right reasons[/b].[/quote]

She has explained why she wants to do it.

What "right reasons" would justify it in your view?

You pulled back on "frivolous," but it is obvious that yes, you think teaching is a lightweight profession, not worthy of an intellectual heavyweight.  Just say it.[/quote]

Not PP (I'm the last min hard major poster)

teaching is definitely not lightweight profession!!

However, early childhood education is most certainly a lightweight major that will seriously limit her life options if she decides she wants to do anything but teaching

Majoring in math would be a much better option

And to those who are saying she can just turn around and get an MBA (as if everyone just has an extra $80k sitting around).. who are those programs more likely to accept and give scholarships to.. the early childhood education major or math major?

Finally, when she is in the school system, who is more likely to eventually get to teach BC calculus if she decides she prefers high school over 5th grade? Early childhood education or math?

Come on people. No reason to close doors in life when you are 16 years old

I recently learned of an MIT engineering graduate who works at Wheaton high school and I thought good for you! As a parent I'd much rather have him teach my kids than someone with a lightweight degree[/quote]

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