To understand the situation, I am completely dependent on my parents. They pay for college and so basically decided my major for me. I've been okay with that for the most part, but lately I feel overwhelmed. I have an associates in Business Administration and CAN have a Bachelors in Management Information Systems in three more semesters.

But I want to teach. It's a passion I've had for a long time, that they won't let me do cause it's "a degree to starve". And I want to do what they say cause they're my parents, and because my father may not live very long, and because my mother works two jobs to support us all.

So I have two options that I can see, and I would like your opinion on it.

1. Continue three more semesters and get my bachelors and then work my way through school to get a degree in teaching. I have found a grant that should pay for almost $3,000 dollars of college if I have a bachelors first. But that's if I get the grant, and that's a pretty big if.

2. Finish this semester, which is already paid for and then change schools. Where I would still have HOPE which would pay for all tutition and Pell, which would cover the rest. But my parents MIGHT NOT talk to me for a very long time.
I am sorry that the only answers you are getting are just spam.

The fact is, if you want to start a career that someone else picks for you, you will not be happy or very good at it. If teaching is what you want to do then I say go for it.

As for it being a degree to starve I disagree. Teachers can make some good money if they have the right education. Get your BA in teaching and then get a job as a teacher. Next, get your MBA (You school district will more then likely pay for it) and your income raises dramatically.

Next, get your PhD. Again, chances are your school district will pay for it. At this time, you can move into a university position and that is where the six figure teaching jobs are.

Either way, most teachers can earn mid fifties to mid sixties easy and when you factor in the summers off and the other perks you are in a very good position. No you will never be Trump but you will live comfortable with a good retirement when you are done working.
I think you should take option number one. You're so close to having your degree and it's a promising one. You can always be a substitute teacher on the side and work your way into teaching from there if you still decide you love it.
Great question. A career/major choice can be a very tricky thing to decide, and there are are certainly many things that can influence your choice including family expectations, potential earnings, and personal happiness. If you were to ask most career counselors, they would in all likelyhood suggest that you pursue your passions as you're most likely to be successful in your career if you are doing something you love.

While people can and do change careers during their lifetimes, those who are happiest and stay in a given career longest are those who are doing what they love and love what they do. Right now qualified educators are still in demand in most areas and are likely to be for a very long time. Business Administration and MIS on the other hand has been facing a lot of pressure from the effects of globalization and the economic downturn. I know many talented people in IT who have been displaced by their jobs going offshore as big companies increasingly consider IT workers to be nothing more than commodity resources.

But really it all boils down to you. What do you really want to do? There's no shame in the teaching profession, and you'll be molding young minds and making a real difference. If you think you'd be happier as a teacher than as an MIS, then it makes sense to go that direction.

If you can get the bachelors degree with relative ease, there are economic advantages to going that route. Many companies will pay tuition for college, so you could go to school part time while working a MIS career. Or you could consider working as a teaching assistant in a university or community college while pursuing an education degree.

A lot of choices to be sure. But if you really want to teach and have your heart set on it, then follow that dream. You may need to be creative, but it can be done!