I'm changing my Degree

@DiscordTiger Said
So if you’re really interested in college level, start submitting your papers for class assignments student publications. If your department has some, or if your Library has research/essay contests. Look for every opportunity you can. Talk to your professors, they might have suggestions. Your school’s writing labs might also. Even if your writing is already good it might be worth a visit to the tutors, they may have tips.

If you can have a few things published before graduation it will make the job hunt so much easier. It’s not about the content of what was published, just that something was. So even if the paper was not in education reasearch, if it’s good try it.

Good luck.

@Tigerstar7 Said

I wanted to be a high school history teacher for years. I've been going to college to get a teaching degree (BSED History). But then I took some practicums (essentially observing classrooms) and realized it wasn't for me. Why? Because somehow in the three years since I left high school, so much had changed.

My city's schools have implemented technological learning too large extents. For both practicums I had in two different school districts in my state, one rural and one city, the class was all "ok get out your laptops with the pre-loaded lesson and read it or watch the video while I awkwardly sit here if you have questions." Maybe there would occasionally be a small discussion afterwards, but usually they'd have a review with an online quiz app of some kind.

I was originally going to be a public school history teacher. But everything changed recently.

As a part of the teaching degree program, I was to do an observation of a classroom. It's not the same as student teaching, as you're just watching. But upon doing two seperate ones, I noticed something.

The whole thing just felt so...dry. It was boring. I'm the type who loves lecturing, having in depth Socratic discussions, and making things fun. But these classrooms weren't doing that. Both school systems had implemented this type of teaching for their entire staff, meaning I didn't just have two boring teachers. Technology, while it is the future and is important, is apparently now so important that all teachers have to use it in their classroom daily according to the school boards.

Even some of my favorite teachers from my own high school were having to do the same thing, with little room for compromise.

Since I just couldn't enjoy this type of teaching, didn't want to be lacking of passion with my teaching, nor want to teach elementary kids, I decided to change my degree.

Now I'm aiming for a BA in history and going for a college teaching route. (Getting masters degree, etc.) Colleges still allow for that old style of lecturing AND a healthy use of technology. So it seems more for me.