would it be a smart idea to major in elementary education and minor in psychology?

[Lovely]

i have a big big big career project coming up in about a month and i really need to sort of..decide on what i want to do with the rest of my life lol.

so would it be smart to major in elementary education and minor in psychology?
because i don't think i want to major in psychology..
so maybe that way i could be an elementary teacher and counselor or something?

ahh! suggestions please! lol

[Lydie]

I'd only suggest majoring in elem ed if you are pretty sure you want to be a teacher. It can be tricky getting another type of job if you've majored in it but decided you don't like teaching.

Unless you plan to go to grad school, majoring in psych gives you a very limited number of possible jobs.

If you are thinking about teaching but are unsure, you might rather be a high school or middle school teacher. If you study math education or science education, for example, you could get a job in a math or science field if you realized you didn't want to teach for the rest of your life.

Psych isn't a bad minor if you want to teach, but don't feel the need to do it unless it is something you are really interested in.