Dad wants a practical major

lookingforward
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 14:54:23 +0000

I’m in the funny position of having one who collected enough classes to minor in ed and got a fascinating and strenuous run from it, far more than the stereotype we have of “managing kindergarten disputes.” It was treated as a full academic discipline matching others in humanities. As I cleaned out bunches of old schoolwork, I was impressed. Not saying this is true everywhere and it may have been the particular classes she chose.

At the same time, we’ve benefitted from some of those low stats ed majors who went into teaching and were brilliant at it. It’s a different scenario than the corporate rush.

Many low stats kids do see it as an easy default. I believe the discussion needs to distinguish between low energy students, the sort who don’t want competitive jobs, just want a degree track they can handle, and those who pick “softer” majors out of some lust for the studies.