Pam, allegedly the sims traits that you are working for with architecture matter, like if he is a snob then it has to be the most expensive stuff, or what not. But I have no idea if that is the problem, I haven't tried architecture yet.
However, I did just try the new education career track, and bleh. I thought all rabbit hole careers were basically going away for a new more missions based type, so with the old careers being basically the same and now this education career, I'm disappointed. It's just a normal career. It starts off only based on mood, then you need charisma, then you need logic, then you need to start holding lectures at the school (basically identical to meetings from business career but you only get 200 $). At rank 10 you'll need charisma and logic maxed. Also, I noticed that many times my lectures would jump after a lecture from green lecture face, to the angriest red face possible and would cause me to start losing work progress. Not sure if it was a bug or what, but was frustrating. It was strange to have a rabbit hole career already added compared to the other new cool ones, let alone one that seems buggy, no reward items for becoming superintendent or along the way, and it requires charisma yet relationship with boss or coworkers doesn't matter. On a tiny sidenote, since when did sucking up to the boss at work say that it lowered your relationship with coworkers, always?
Oh, and one more question. There is a new lifetime wish, quite a few actually, but there is one that says create 3 monsters, whether mystical, through science, or convergence. I took it on one character, but never figured out how to make even one. I thought it had to do with robots...any ideas?