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Crash Course couldn't exist without the help of education consultants! They help us design each course so that all our viewers get everything they need out of it. So that's something else you can do with an education major!

Becoming a high school teacher was one of the best decisions I made. Yes the work's demanding, you work on weekends for marking, and it can be overwhelming at times, but the interactions and memories I've made while teaching are moments I'll remember for the rest of my life. It's an incredible joy to see students grow up and achieve success - that motivates me to do all I can for my students.

Another option - Educational Advocate for children in foster care. Ensures students receive the best academic/emotional/mental supports, evaluations, special ed services, uphold their rights during disciplinary proceedings. Starting pay here is $56K.

i appreciate this video because as a college kid who wants to be a teacher, all i hear constantly is how horrible the profession of teaching is and everyone basically telling me that im making a mistake by heading in that direction. but i just have always loved teaching. even since i was a kid i loved playing teacher. in elementary school i wrote a letter to my principal to start a peer-tutoring service and made a seating chart that i thought would work best for my teacher 😭 . i also taught dance for multiple years in high school, always helped tutor other students, and even in high school some of my teachers would ask for me to go over and teach their classes when they were absent. i've always been teaching!! so i worry about the harsh realities of some of it (the long hours, dealing with administration and parents, it being thankless often times) but i just feel like if i cant teach than im not sure what i can do.

As someone who entirely dismissed teaching heading into university, I really wish I'd given it some thought earlier on in my life. I did a short English teaching certificate course last summer, where I was able to teach in classrooms and was blown away by how rewarding it felt. I mainly taught adults however so classroom management was less of a concern. The younger the students, the less in depth you will be able to go into the content which is worth keeping in mind. I'm now finishing up a bachelors in sociology and hope to go into teaching after graduate school. If you're someone who loves to learn, then I really think it's an area you should explore.. Although like mentioned here, make sure to get some teaching experience early on, because no amount of theory will prepare you for the transition to the classroom. If you get past that though, there are few jobs that feel as rewarding.

As someone who never imagined being a teacher but ended up being a college instructor myself, after almost 10 years, I now see the real value of what teachers give to their students. And this video helped me learn to understand it more. :)

As an education major, I found that this covered all the major bases. I did like the alternative options outside of teaching, as I am also at the point in my degree where I can’t abort, so it’s nice to know there’s backup avenues to take.

Just warning you, if you choose to take those non-teacher jobs with your education major (curriculum design, policy maker, etc.) without any teaching experience, you will hear non-stop from teachers "You don't know what it's like to be a teacher!" Get some teaching experience, even if it's just student teaching or even an internship

The greatest teachers are those that feel they never stop learning about learning. I’ve been teaching for 25 years but I’m still constantly trying to learn. It’s hard work but I can’t imagine a more rewarded career. If you want to help make the world a better place, teaching us is an amazing way to accomplish this!

I love that even though I’m working on my second degree of education I was able to learn new things from this video. One thing I would push back on a little is the idea that people who want to be administrators should go into those positions directly after they get the requisite degree(s). I strongly believe that administrators need real classroom teaching experience if they are looking to truly connect with teachers and support them. If your goal is to become a school administrator, you could get your Bachelors degree, and then teach while also working on your Masters. Thanks for the video!

Education can also make an excellent backup career. I taught in the faculty training program at a Canadian polytechnic. New instructors who didn't have an education background are required to take it. Most of our newly hired instructors are experienced in a trade or field from plumbing to business to nursing. A lot of them became instructors because they wanted less stress, regular hours, better working conditions, or were beginning to burnout. Many of them continued to work in their field part time.

This is all so true and accurate! Thank you for doing education early on in this series! We need more great teachers! I’m so happy you talked about it in a REAL sense!!!!! “The audience is asking when lunch is” 😂 wow so relatable to being a teacher!

I wish I had even the slightest amount of optimism. Getting a formal Education here in the USA comes off like a scam. I can never manage to pick a class or whatever. There's so many options. It seems like I'll end up in irreparable debt from college. Math for example, I can't rightly do middle school level math let alone college. I hate the stigma around not being college educated or successful.

Each of these fast guides are so good They've been super helpful for me I didn't even know that there could be so many diverse career paths from these degree

I am immediately so thankful that this channel exists.

Hank thank you for existing, I've been having a crisis about this forever.

Such good info. I start student teaching in the fall and this covered stuff that took me 3 years to learn. Love it.

I’m looking at different schools for a master’s in teaching after I get out of the military! Thank you for the very relevant video!

As an education major, THANK YOU!

THANK YOU!! This was so informative

I'm getting a Masters in Experimental and Medical Biosciences but I feel like teaching is always just a part of my academic journey and eventual career plan. Whether thats in a lab or in after school STEM programs, it's something I genuinly enjoy but prefer as a side dish rather than my main course.

I love my education courses! Can't wait to be the one putting you on the projector 😂 Hank Green is the only reason I remember anything from my high school science classes and what made it possible to read comic books through microbiology and still pass with a 94% in college.

DO NOT GET A MASTERS IN EDUCATION!!!! Most school districts pay people with masters more and because they want more out of them they will not hire them as they are not worth it. Get your masters after you are already teaching and then you will get a payraise and other school districts will be willing to hire a teacher with a masters that is already working.

I'm really looking forward to what this channel will have to offer! It'll definitely help me figure out which path(s) are best for me. By any chance, are you planning to put together a video on environmental studies/sciences?

This is a great overview that I wish I’d had going into college! There’s so much variation when it comes to each college’s specific education program, but this seems to cover the basics. Also, I’m not sure how common this is at other colleges, but at my University, the secondary education program isn’t a major in itself. For example, I’ll be graduating next month with a B.A. in English with a concentration in secondary education. I took all the courses and completed all the requirements of a regular English major, and the secondary education concentration really felt more like a double major. This added almost two semesters to my college track, making it financially impossible for me to pursue a minor, as my scholarship for tuition covers only 127 credit hours. It’s a lot of work, but I would suggest mapping out all the courses you’ll be taking to see if you’ll need to spend more than 4 years in college. It would be much better to do extra planning at the beginning than to realize too late that you can’t graduate on time and/or can’t afford the classes for a minor.

Big fan of crash course philosophy.

If you major in music education like I did, most likely you'll become certified to teach music in all grades K-12. Be prepared to do your student teaching in multiple different classroom settings. I did part of my student teaching in an elementary general music classroom and part of it in a middle school choir classroom, since my endorsements were choral and general music. If you are also doing an endorsement in instrumental music, expect to teach in band and/or orchestra classrooms too.

I never thought I'd end up working with kids in a classroom. Now, I'm a year into my MA Teaching degree, working as a high school teacher's apprentice. Originally, I completed my BA in Game Studies, but after seeing the gaming industry devolve into a hot mess, I pursued my equal love for history and culture a la teaching. Didn't get in as a history teacher, but instead started out as a paraeducator in special ed. I knew nothing about that subfield and was both humbled and fell in love with it after working in a middle school. Changed my level to high school students, though. Now, here I am, both working on getting certified to teach history and special ed, and researching how educators and healthcare practitioners can utilize gaming in their workplace. It's hard, rewarding work, and I'll take that over working in the Bethesda or Blizzard mines. This video's a great tool for anyone like me who might be flirting with the idea of teaching, but is unsure of whether they're a good fit. I've been in classes where I worked alongside pre-med students and paralegals that reclassed into educators and counselors. As long as you love learning, can adapt on the fly, can merge data analysis with clear communication, enjoy learning more about other people's cultures, and can diversify learning materials, teaching -and education at large- is the right choice for you. It will be tough, with me getting responses from "we need more Black male teachers as role models" to "I could never be as brave as you teaching these kids nowadays". Still, I would challenge anyone to find a calling as impactful as creating and challenging your successors in the pursuit of knowledge for betterment.

This is helpful as I am deciding between entering the classroom or pursuing a graduate degree.

This is awesome. I wish I had this when I was in high-school. You should get Mike Rowe to sponsor a series about vocations!

a majority of americans have a sixth grade level of literacy, despite 98 some odd percent of people in the USA having finished high school.

Looking forward to engineering! I’m three years into the major and still have no clue what it is!

Thank you

Looking into studying education but not 100% which path of education I’d like to take. Senior in High school looking and deciding things still 😅 will be starting at our community college, which will help a lot

Recently applied for bachelor's degrees in Communications and History. For a long time, I thought I wanted the go for Environment Science.... but I didn't have any of the High School level math or science prerequisites. Plus, I can do them, but they don't exactly light my fire. However, I've always been good at History. I LOVE to learn about it. So while part of me feels like a quitter for not trying harder, another part of me feela like this is just self-acceptance. This is the thing I should've done & could've done 10 years ago when I originally graduated High School.

Talk to teachers already in the field, it’s best to try to get a picture of the good, bad, and ugly sides of this career path, because rates of burnout can me high.

My dad is a retired high school teacher. My grandpa spent the first part of his adult life as a teacher. My dad would have loved for me to follow in those footsteps, but the thought of teaching in today’s classrooms sounds like my worst nightmare. Nevertheless, I love learning and I love imparting what I learn to others. I find my opportunities limited by my lack of a higher degree, but at my age the expense of obtaining one would be hard to justify. I love that Crash Course, Khan Academy, and other non-traditional forms of education now exist. What sorts of opportunities are there for participating in endeavors like these, not just as a lifelong learner but also as a teacher/writer/etc.?

very much hoping there's a "why study classics?" video by the time im in my senior year

This video really informative and helpful I even wannabe a teacher for minute haha, thank u so much🙏🏻🙏🏻💜💜🧚🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♀️ So could u please make video like this about doctors , how to become a doctor after high school ,Please🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I know that I want to become a high school teacher, but I am having trouble deciding what subject to teach

Wonderful! Let me know if you want help from a current 6th grade history teacher !

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What exactly do you mean when you say you could also pursue counselling after studying education?

Thanks.... I want to learn englis for university. I am from venezuela and I need to improve my english. Please help.. Thanks

I’m planning on doing an education degree - but absolutely do not want to be a teacher - I wanna go into research

Education degree does not teach enough classroom management, notice there was no parent management, and no time management. It's not worth it money wise and does not train for the actual job. Be wary and watch out for your personality type. You need to learn how others of your personality type teach. Not just the one they show you.