# Jobs for History and Education Majors

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-for-history-and-education-majors/383308>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 8, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-for-history-and-education-majors/383308 "2006-12-08T04:22:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Shai\_tan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shai\_tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shai_tan)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-for-history-and-education-majors/383308/1 "2006-12-08T04:22:24Z")

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I have an MA in History and a BA in Secondary Ed. I enjoy teaching, but I don’t think I can afford it. I may have been too idealistic when choosing a career path. My priorities may need to be reorganized. I have a one year old and would like to buy a home some day. What are the highest paying positions I would be qualified for. It seems most jobs that would be in my field require some sort of specialized experience I don’t possess. I also have 5+ years retail sales experience, 2 years admin. support experience. Sorry in advance if this should have been posted in a different forum.  
Mrs. Shai’tan

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**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-for-history-and-education-majors/383308/2 "2006-12-08T16:32:45Z")

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I’ll Bump you Mrs. S.

I think this is more IMHO than GQ though and would expect it to move

If your criteria is “_the highest paying positions I would be qualified for_” then I would suggest looking at Training Programs in the Financial Services Industry (commodities, Stock, Most major brokers are where I’d look). See if you can get a foot in the door … I’d go with I have a Masters degree and had a child and realized what I really want is to succeed financially rather than “I am just trying to make the most money I can”

Further resources are Careerbuilder dot com and Monster dot com - you could poke around there - [free advice]sometimes a small step back is necessary to open up the future[/free advice]

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**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-for-history-and-education-majors/383308/3 "2006-12-08T17:44:57Z")

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Question: Do you have significant student loan debt?

If so, I’d look around and see if I couldn’t find a government program which would forgive some of the student loan debt in return for teaching X number of years in a particular high need environment. This might not directly give you higher earnings, but if you are feeling burdened by student loan debt it might be a way to reduce your burden and continue to teach.