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You mean way TOO hard. :doh
my senior year is way to hard right now
Just finished a teach education program, myself.. and about to start full time next January. My answer is Yes and No. I shall explain.
You see, it is a tough job that requires a great deal of knowledge. Therefore, a lot of education is needed. However, the type we recieve is very much mis-directed and not helpful. State officials like to load up on requirements, regardless of how useful the actual classes are.
So I am not mad at needing six years of education to make 30K a year, nearly so much as I'm angry at 5 of those 6 years on junk I can never use, taking classes either out of my subject matter and/or designed by non-educators.
Fun fact: I am about to teach European history at the high school level. I took 120 credit hours for my BA..guess how many classes were in Euro history? TWO!
Only took four in American. So whether we teach american or euro, my state gives licenses to people with hardly any actual subject-matter experience. Vast majority of the classes are not germane to my job: foreign language, mathematics, biology, etc.
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I completely disagree. It's already exceptionally easy to gain access to elementary students when you have no degree. As a college degree child development and becoming an elementary teacher is fairly easy as it is.
We don't want dumbasses teaching our kids. It's best to weed out the tards. It's not just about teaching a kid 2 + 2 = 4.
No. Our students are not as well educated as their foreign counterparts. The solution is not to lessen the qualification level of our teachers.
I guess you guys who make idiotic posts in this thread had some of them High school graduate teachers. ****ing idiots.
I guess you guys who make idiotic posts in this thread had some of them High school graduate teachers. ****ing idiots.
As one going to college to be a teacher, the requirements are profound but that is good. What is underkill is the salaries which are a joke.
As in so many other areas, reform and improvement are a must.
As the education is so expensive; starting salaries should be higher..But my school taxes are killing me now and others I am sure..
Solution : Find a way to determine who is a "natural" teacher and be less concerned with degrees.
Then, after one has their tenure, after 10-20 years - they seem to be overpaid...
The ability to teach is a gift from God..Master and super master degrees do not change this...
Not really.No. Our students are not as well educated as their foreign counterparts. The solution is not to lessen the qualification level of our teachers.
My god, perhaps we should look for the eye of the tiger and stop training boxers."Naturally gifted boxers do better as well; but we need more teachers and less boxers.. We should just throw in the naturally gifted and let them figure **** out in the ring :3oops:.
Honestly speaking, pay should be based on results with a better starting base. And if you want to reduce your taxes going toward school push your government to introduce competition for these funds between private and public schools based on results.
There is no point arguing with arrogant but ignorant people. I think Rep Franks said it best......................
Think about it from this perspective, by showing up to enough college education courses to pass, you are essentially proving to a potential employer that you will more often than not show up. I really do not buy the statement, "i never went to any of my classes in college and got A's (or passed)." Therefore attendance is shown to increase performance, at least from my perspective.
The question is, do you believe someone who never had to, or never did show up 180 days per year to class will be willing to do so in a fashion acceptable for young students to learn?
Primary education is all about attendance. The curriculum is geared towards it, and those who show up every day are proven to do better than those who rarely show up.
Getting back to the OP, i think the college requirements are a little much given the demands of the job. Maybe 2 years learning the subject matter to be specialized in, and another 2 performing OJT.
If you aren't interested in discussing the subject beyond infantile insults, no one is forcing you to post on the thread at all. :2wave:
There is nothing to discuss with idiots.
Thankfully there are pretty smart folks on this board, beyond you bunch of retards.
Are the educational requirements to be a K-12 teacher overkill?
I saw another thread as was wondering what everyone's opinions are on the subject.
I ask this question because it seems like overkill. What the hell does college level classes has to do with teaching little Timmy that 2+2=4 or that George Washington was the first president,especially if you only teach one subject? You wouldn't go to culinary school just so you can get a job at McDonalds flipping burgers or cooking french fries nor would you go to calculus just so you can be a cashier at Wal-Mart. Wouldn't be better if those wanting to be teachers only took courses related to the field they want to teach in or maybe a trade school for like lesson plan and test making and perhaps how to deal with unruly children?
There is nothing to discuss with idiots.
Thankfully there are pretty smart folks on this board, beyond you bunch of retards.
No, a college degree should be the norm for any teacher, even Kindergarten.
Anyone who suffers the illusion that being a teacher is just teaching little Timmy 2+2=4 has such a myopic understanding of a teacher's job that they cannot be taken seriously
Teaching involves not only covering the course matter but also having an understanding of child development, child psychology, and an arsenal of behavior adjusting and teaching techniques to be effective.
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