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I am fine with it, as long as there are academic skills testing requirements for the subject(s) the person IS going to teach. Yes, I don’t need a math teacher to pass the history questions on an SAT test, nor to deny them math-teaching credentials due to poor SAT score because they are poor in subjects they will not be teaching.

I agree. I hate to even weigh in when Freepers are having another Teacher Hate Fest, but I am a pretty good English teacher. I teach the classics, and I'm very old school. My students put forth a good effort for me, they learn as much as I can get them to, and most of them pass. It's as satisfactory as it can get, given I'm reaching in Los Angeles.

But I cannot math for squat. This has been true all my life, not because I can't understand the procedures-- I can. For about a week. I can't retain them. I can pass a class if I work on it every day, but once it's over, come ask me a year later how to do these algebraic or geometric formulas and equations and I couldn't tell you to save my life. Math is simply not my thing.