College...I can't decide my major??? Help!!?

Check the area you're interested in teaching in; different places have different education requirements for teachers. Where I live, any college degree will do (you just need an additional course or two) to be a teacher, so you could get a bachelor's in computer science (4 years) or something similar to do your web page designing, and still be able to teach if you wanted to.

Teaching jobs: moderate pay, great benefits, summer vacations (usually), can get a second job for summers, etc.

Web Page Designing: great pay, benefits depend on business, vacations not steady, can work at your pace (usually), don't deal with others as much, etc.

I would say that you should just explore what you want to do in college. College is full of electives!!! You can go into college undecided and take a web design class as an elective and an education class as an elective and see what you like best. It's okay to not know right away.

Good luck! :)

If you like the idea of teaching and enjoy working on computers, why not look into becoming a "School Media Specialist"?? Technically, you would be the school librarian but it's not the job that you might think it is. School Media Specialists are the "go to" person for the rest of the faculty when it comes to helping them integrate technolgy into their teaching. This often involves creating and maintaining web sites for various parts of the school. Since you would be involved in running the library, it would fit in with your love of English as well.

I'm not sure if there are undergraduate programs leading to a degree and certification in this area, but I know of several graduate programs that simply require an undergraduate degree (practically in any area you like). You could major in English and then go on to become certified as a School Media Specialist.

Depending on where you live, teaching can either pay pretty well or pretty poorly. My husband is a 7th Grade Special Education teacher in a district where he can eventually earn close to a six figure salary. I know this isn't typical, but you don't have to fear living in poverty if you become a teacher. In general, public schools pay better than private schools because they require more certifications.

Good luck!

I'm a teacher and I can tell you that teaching is a round-the-clock job, especially if you're teaching elementary or high school. If you are a dedicated teacher who really wants to help her students, you have to breathe, eat and live teaching. Let me give you a usual scenario. You get up at around 5-6 am, teach 3-6 classes per day or more(depending on where you're going to teach) and prepare lesson plans everyday (where you think of the motivation, objectives, etc.etc.). You get home at around 5-6 pm, and check tons of essays and journals (since you're a language teacher). Aside from this, you go to faculty meetings (which can go on forever), parent-teacher conferences, weekend activities and practices, and have other committee assignments. If you feel like being absent, you have to think of, not your boss, but the classes of students who are waiting for you to come in. Ofcourse, many of them will rejoice if the teacher is absent but you know they're better off if you're there. When you see your students outside school, you still have to remember that you're a teacher and guard your actions. And when your students graduate, sometimes you feel like you've been left behind.

I'm not dissuading you from teaching. I'm just being realistic. It's a noble profession so it would take a lot of commitment. Unless you're going to be one of those mediocre teachers who just give tests and asks their students to memorize without understanding.

I don't know anyone who has become rich because of teaching but many I know are mentally, emotionally and even spiritually fulfilled. Kids will love you and you will love them if you know how to handle them. They are also smart and will easily recognize a teacher who genuinely cares. Another plus is that it's never routinary because each class and each student is different. No matter how you plan your lessons, there will always be surprises in each class. You're never bored and you'll never feel that you're useless or your brain is not functioning anymore. Also, you also have time to reenergize when your students are out for vacation (like summer and Christmas). :) If you want to earn extra money, you can even be a reviewer for entrance exams, or teach web page design or hold tutorials during your free time. You only have to be resourceful and you'll be able to live comfortably. The advice above also true in my experience. Here, state colleges and universities generally pay better... but the really expensive private schools with very high tuition would pay a lot lot more ofcourse.

Education is generally a 4-year course. Some schools would require you to pursue a master's degree after your BA but you can be a working student. There's a 2-year teaching certificate offered in some schools but I'm not too familiar with that. There are 6-month courses in web page design but I don't think they'll give you a diploma...maybe a certificate? In our country, there are two-year computer courses too.

If you have the type of commitment needed in teaching, I surely hope that you'll become one of those few who choose this field. Just a thought, why not become a computer teacher? Then you can have the best of both worlds!

Suggestion: Read "Teacher Man" by Frank McCourt for inspiration

Become an English teacher, web design during your summers, see which pays more and go with what your most passionate about. Maybe you could teach web design. Once you start in the fields your interested in, those doors will begin to open for you. "If you love what you do, You'll never work a day in your life."

" I think the best option on the above two would be becoming a teacher", why because though you may or may not get low wages. you could on your part be satisfactory with that work.

Yes you could be a web page designer if you wish, but one disadvantage is that you can or cannot get more salary. but i think your satisfactory quotioent would be less compared to that.

so, my friend its not a touch and go . you have to decide.......all the best.

After you intern or substitute for awhile, then you can choose. Teaching is a great profession, but only if you love it. The rewards are better than the pay.

Teaching can pay well: private schools.

Teaching? Not what it used to be . . . Today it is dangerous, and paid lowly wages . . .

Go for electronics - home study sounds good - good luck.

Career counseling is available in most schools.