Were I to go for an Ed.D I'm sure I could handle your disapproval. I doubt I'm going to go that route, as school administration is not something I'd want. Being a school superintendent seems to me too much like being a hotel manager, only the problem guests a) don't go away, and b) have mean parents. I'm still aiming at teaching HS, or perhaps JC, but I want to keep my options open, in case it turns out that teaching isn't my gig. Then having an undergrad paper from Cal probably won't hurt me, unless I want to take grad school there.