I wouldn’t waste my money on a teaching degree.  You don’t need that to teach at a catholic school (or you shouldn’t...find a school that does t require it).  You won’t get paid much and you’ll never be able to pay off the debt.  Either get a degree in something that pays well, or if you want to be a teacher, still get a degree in a “back up” plan (ie engineering or business or IT).  

You absolutely do need a teaching degree to work as a teacher. I don't know about pay, that varies wildly from place to place(as does the amount of debt you'll have after college), but the working conditions are very good. Just about the shortest working days and longest holidays you can possibly get. 

Presuming you are the OP, would you go in for teaching to get "Just about the shortest working days and longest holidays you can possibly get"?

Are you really interested in nurturing children?  

Have you checked with teachers just how much time you would have to spend n lesson preparations, staff meetings, parent-teacher meetings etc etc. And are you prepared to deal with all sorts of obnoxious topics like "gender identity" etc etc. even in "Catholic" schools. I don't think that teaching in a school would be just a bowl of cherries as your post paints it.

Not OP, sorry for the confusion.

OP here. I’d like to share an update. Thanks for all the advice since my last post.

 On All Saints Day I had to take a field trip to  a middle school in an inter-city area to observe public school teachers. Watching some of these teachers doing their job well made me think that this might be the career for me. I don’t think that this is naive, since one of the teachers I observed had a classroom full of disruptive students, but it turns out that this was his first year teaching. But, seeing the more experienced teachers do their job inspired me. Since then, I think that I might just end up continuing this major, and get a job in this field, even with the all the garbage I’m going to have to put up with. If I become a teacher, I would prefer to get a job in a decent Catholic school rather than a public school for obvious reasons. Please pray for me.

Any further advice would be greatly appreciated.

There are no decent Catholic schools, there hasn't been one anywhere in the country, probably the world for the last 50 years at least - unless you are talking about one of the trad group's / non-dioscean Catholic schools, which pay about the same as what you would make flipping burgers - if you're lucky.

Take 5 minutes and listen to what he has to say.


 

 OP here. Thanks for all the info. I’ve thought about my situation again with this new advice in mind. There is another factor I should mention to clarify things. As of now, I can’t drive by myself to this university since I’m not good at driving in highways, which make up the majority of the route to this school. This results in me having to be driven and getting picked up by my dad. Because of this, I spend way more time at the university than I should. I think this influences my attitude severely because I feel emasculated by this arrangement. It makes me feel “trapped” since I could easily leave earlier on some days or come in later on others due to my class schedule. This also prevents me from potentially getting a job/internship, since I would not be able to provide transport for myself to get to this place of work. Even a job on the campus grounds would be tough, since I probably would not have enough flexibility on my schedule for it.  

 I brought up my desire to start driving to this university by myself to my mom, who said that I would not be able to do so until this summer. Humanly speaking, I don’t think I can wait until sophomore year to start driving there by myself. Also, on considering the advice given by several posters here, I don’t really desire to be a teacher anymore. I didn’t know that Trad schools don’t require a degree. I may want to teach in one of those someday. Also, switching majors might cause me to lose my scholarship money, so that option not be worth it. 

  I think I’m going to withdraw after this semester. No point in me going to this place to blow my parents’ money studying for a job I don’t even want anymore. I’m going to look into getting a blue-collar job in the near future. I’m not too sure which one, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to whoever linked the Mike Rowe video by the way. However, I would also like to know about any good religious orders to 
make enquiries about a vocation. Can anyone provide any info on traditional religious orders? 

It's not 1950. You're not just going to walk in to some factory, shake a hand, and get yourself a nice blue-collar job just like that. Almost every job that doesn't require a degree or an apprenticeship these days is minimum wage. All those good blue-collar jobs in the past have either been automated or require some sort of apprenticeship/training now. It's a very, very bad and naive idea to withdraw before you have a plan in place for what comes after, other than "oh I'm sure I'll find a job somewhere".

And while a Trad school's requirements might be different to a normal school, they still aren't going to recruit some random unqualified guy off the street just because he's Catholic. Maybe you should research what sort of qualifications/experience/what have you that they do require.

   Alright, I’ll look into that. I have the time to make a proper plan anyways.

 I think I’m going to withdraw after this semester. No point in me going to this place to blow my parents’ money studying for a job I don’t even want anymore. I’m going to look into getting a blue-collar job in the near future. I’m not too sure which one, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to whoever linked the Mike Rowe video by the way. However, I would also like to know about any good religious orders to
make enquiries about a vocation. Can anyone provide any info on traditional religious orders?

That was me who posted the video and if it were me, I think I would go for heavy equipment operator. For whatever it's downfalls, i.e. seasonal (depending on where you live) weather days off and etc., it is a field that can pay very well for a long time. Play your cards right and get some of your own equipment and go into business for yourself, you can do really, really well. Same goes for HVAC work - I could go on and on, but whatever field you pursue, give it time. Plan to "earn while you learn" which means don't plan to make good money for the first year or so until you know what you're doing and can get paid for being experienced.