Hi all. My son is currently a senior in high school. His entire life he has wanted to be a teacher. Currently, his plan is to be a high school math teacher. Sorry for the long post but I have a few questions for you pros:
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First, we are discussing majors for him in college. As I said, he wants to be a math teacher. He happens to be a very gifted student (National Merit Semi-finalist, 5.7/5.0 GPA). Not to brag, but our first thought is he should be a Secondary Ed major with an emphasis in Math. However, I personally think he should major in Mathematics just to give him security in case he decides he does not want to be a teacher. I think it would be easier in college to transition to other careers with a Math major rather than a Sec Ed major. Thoughts/advice?
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He has a chance for some very nice merit based scholarships. One of them is basically a full ride for up to 5 years of school (including grad school). Given his AP credits, he could start at this school as a 2nd semester Sophomore. If he wanted, he could likely obtain a Masters in 2nd Ed for free. I think this is an almost no brainer. He said, however, that some teachers have told him that having a Masters so early would make it more difficult for him to be hired by school districts. Does anyone know if this is true?
Any advice or insight you have is much appreciated. Thanks!
Submitted September 29, 2016 at 06:13AM by Nika65 http://ift.tt/2cNz3NL
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