Or they could get a teaching job somewhere. A lot of schools are desperate now and will hire anyone with a degree.
Might as well Dox myself again, fuck it:
In my area of Texas, teaching jobs are hard to come by. Most of the teachers around here are holding onto their jobs for dear life, even until they are 80. Some schools are even hiring people WITHOUT any certifications to teach, and the results are what you'd expect (them being busted for diddling). The local news articles I am fucking glad aired that dirty laundry of the districts hiring people who don't have certifications at all.
If you are getting a master's degree before you have a teaching job, DONT FUCKING DO IT.
They prefer hiring the least qualified people as possible to save money. They don't care if the kids learn anything substantial or not so as long as whoever they hire doesn't take as much from the Microsoft Excel pay spreadsheet.
The only way to get a job in my area is to wait until some old fuck croaks off, or you have to move to San Antonio or Austin to deal with concrete jungle hell spawn.
I subbed at 5 districts for 2 years thinking that would be a good way to get my foot in the door to make me visible. It did absolutely nothing. Only good news is that in this more conservative suburban/rural area I am in, of those 2 years I have only had to send kids to the principal's office twice.
Stopped subbing a year and a half ago to become a pharmacy tech at a hospital.
In a total of 4-5 years, I have maybe seen 4-5 openings for biology. Put in my resume/applications to all of them. Of those, had only one interview last May, and after waiting and being anxious for a month and a half, found out I didn't get the job and that they merged the vacant/leaving teachers class into another existing teacher's class to save $$$$.
I'm not sure about going to pharmacy school, since 90% of the time it seems you get landed in retail to get screamed at by Karens for 9 hours. As well, it seems pharmacy is one profession that is slowly going to get devoured by AI.
Maybe the oilfield could be a better route?
Sperging Done.