WTF is your problem?? Most certification requirements ARE ludicrous. The idea that an experienced technical professional needs to go back to school for two years in order to teach is laughable. What is needed is an apprentice-type program in which the prospective teacher works under/with an experienced teacher for a school year.
I spent my formative years closely associated with "the ed biz". My mom taught school for forty years, so from 1st grade to 12th, I LIVED the ed biz.
Years ago I was working full time and wanted to get into teaching. I whined to a friend of mine, who also has a Ph.D. that I couldn't find a way. he looked at me and said something I will never forget "If you want it bad enough, you will find a way." He was right, I found a way.
apparently you don't want it bad enough, or you don't care enough, because if you really wanted to teach, like me, you would find a way.
Instead of complaining that the requirements are ludicrous you would just do it. You found a way to get your Ph.D. Now I challenge you, find a way.
Most certification requirements ARE ludicrous.
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That others will cooperate with ludicrous doesn’t make the ludicrous any less ludicrous. ( Is a “duh” needed here?)
Government schools are ludicrous because they are godless socialist-entitlements. One of the predictable outcomes of socialism is ludicrous policies and practices.