10 Reasons I Love Being an Education Major

In no particular order:

1. Nobody will ever ask me "What will you do with that degree?"
2. No labs.
3. Learning about learning helps in all other classes.
4. Anything I learn in any class could somehow be used in a lesson plan.
5. Our professors know how to teach well.
   
6. We're graduating during an exciting time in education.
   
7. We have to know a little bit of everything - psychology, history, sociology, biology...
   
8. We stick together. We help each other. We want each other to do well.
9. We're all a bit crazy, and we bring that out in each other.
10. Being proud to tell people my major.

Who else has some answers?

So We Really Want To Teach?

As soon as I came across this article and website I knew it had to be my post for the day. The site is So You Want To Teach?, a down-to-earth blogger who combines experience and humor without the "2 teach is 2 touch 4ever" sugary coating. He writes for current teachers and future teachers. It's exactly what I was looking for in an edublog. I got immersed in it for an hour or so just like I get immersed in Wikipedia.

The article I'm highlighting is called Do I Really Want To Teach? It lists 10 "ways to tell if teaching is really your thing." Anyone slightly interested in education should review this quick list. I found it encouraging and accurate

Addition:
Right before I was going to log off, I found this other gem of educational realism:
Fifty-One Minutes. It's a realistic portrayal of the lives we chose.