Major in math (certified teacher) should i double major in Mechanical Engineering?
A double major can never hurt you, especially because the standards and practices people are focusing on enhancing science and math education by insisting on children having Engineering Design Challenges as part of their math/science education. This is in part because colleges were getting engineering students who knew how to crunch the numbers but had never actually built something in real life. If you go on to teach, having engineering coursework with make you that much more attractive. If you start the double major and decide to dispense with engineering, that coursework will still be part of your arsenal of pluses you can provide your potential employer with when you seek education jobs. Engineering pays a lot more than teaching. Teaching has a lifestyle that is more conducive to raising a family and getting to pursue other interests…if you teach and don’t raise a family, you still get part of the summer off to pursue other things you love. If it isn’t a hardship for you to do th
