Pro- You get to study stars and planets and discover many things in different galaxies.
Cons- There are limited job opportunities and not many people discover new things.

The most interesting thing we found was Comet Ison which is 15 times brighter than the moon and it may never be seen again.

Overview of Being an Astronomer

Something that we learned was that the sun "flips" every 11 years when it reaches its solar maximum.

Math in the real world is still the same because you can use different formulas to figure out how much planets weigh, distance between planets, and etc.