Retired troops gain career in Oklahoma classrooms

The Daily Oklahoman ^ | Mon September 8, 2008 | Wendy K. Kleinman

[Truth is a Weapon]

The three years John Roberson spent as an Army drill sergeant were not enough to satisfy his itch to teach.

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"I often thought, ‘Well, if I enjoy this, being an instructor, I might enjoy being a schoolteacher at some point in my life,'” the retired sergeant major said.

So after tours of duty in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, the California-born Roberson came to Oklahoma for a second career.

[Truth is a Weapon]

Here is a feel good story from the conservative paradise of Oklahoma.

[kingattax]

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[Thane_Banquo]

"They have a lot more respect for you because you had a position that they think is an honorable position,” she said.

Glad to hear our young people still think that way.

[The Great RJ]

Sad to say but many of the graduates of “education” programs are not necessarily good teachers and many excellent teachers with college degrees are hindered from teaching because they lack the “teaching certificate” from a school of education. I have been teaching college courses for nearly 10 years, but am “unqualified” to teach in my local high school. I would have to spend close to two years of additional college “education” courses to become “qualified” to do a job I already do.

[Coldwater Creek]

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[Hardcorps]

Yep, really strange. I read somewhere that Ferdinand Porsche would not qualify to teach engineering today. Albert Einstein would not qualify to teach physics, on and on. Guess maybe they missed out on “self esteem building” courses. SF