The Worst Career Advice Parents Can Offer Options

[Mommy]

Honestly, I think whoever wrote this article is an idiot. Tell me what you think.

http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/careerist/32601

Basically, she says that worst advice parents can give is:
1) Get a graduate degree

2) Don't job hop

3) Don't ask about time off until you have the job

4) Don't have gaps in your resume

5) Earn enough money to pay rent and buy food

She explains why each point is bad advice, including saying that a graduate degree is pretty much useless these days and that job hopping is somehow good? My parents didn't teach me that shit. My friends in the workforce, college professors, and managers have. I would be surprised if anyone on here agreed with her.

[James]

You need the M.S., M.A., or M.Ed., if you want to teach AP classes or dual-credit classes, but otherwise, it's not necessary. It might make you more competitive if you're a non-math and non-science teacher, but honestly, having that higher degree will separate you even further from your students.

You're going to be trying to prove the second fundamental theorem of calculus in the abstract when all they care about is the integral is the anti-derivative and they reverse each other. You know, kind of like how for you engineers, the graduate TA teaching your Calculus 1 class did lol.