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To: lormand

My daughter scored 35 on her ACT, and wants to be a history teacher.

I have no doubt that she will excel at whatever she does, but it seems like a little waste of potential to me. But I want her to be happy.


5 posted on 01/05/2015 1:34:17 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

Maybe not really a waste of potential—hopefully, she’s a conservative who will educate the “yutes of America” to appreciate our history and heritage. If the public schools are too hostile an environment, possibly a private school would be more receptive. She could also earn extra money tutoring but ultimately, she might teach at a college like Hillsdale or Grove City.


11 posted on 01/05/2015 1:43:05 PM PST by GunsareOK
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To: DannyTN

I have no doubt that she will excel at whatever she does, but it seems like a little waste of potential to me. But I want her to be happy.

Speaking as someone who had a similar number, an English degree, and who has an IT job not even remotely related to my formal education, money goes a long way to being “happy”, and while money isn’t everything, not having enough of it is definitely something...bad.

My father was a history teacher. The first of the very few useful things that he taught me was to not pursue becoming a teacher.


23 posted on 01/05/2015 2:58:48 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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