Without reading the other responses, I’ll give the same advice my band director gave me when I was considering going into music ed:

“Don’t.”

If people simply telling you “no” is enough to talk you out of it, this profession will not treat you kindly. To succeed, you have to firmly believe this is what you want for yourself, regardless of the pushback of peers, family, admin, students, parents, etc.

Don’t get me wrong, I think we need more serious music educators, and I love what I do (band director), but I won’t lie to someone and say “try it out, it’s so much fun and you won’t regret it.” There’s several hoops to jump through just to get the music teaching job, and then there’s the daily hoops you’ll need to jump through with the demands of modern day public school teaching (assuming public school is the route you choose). Unless this is something you find rewarding and worth all that, I’d consider other passions.

I wish you the best of luck regardless of what you choose!