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To: tjwmason

Why should he be any different?


8 posted on 10/12/2004 6:19:43 AM PDT by Porterville (NEED SOME WOOD?)
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To: Porterville
Why should he be any different?

Surely the question should be why are rules in place which prevent an obviously brilliant teacher from teaching( Getting a third of the schools A level students to take Math is a miracle in itself - hard sciences seem to be avoided like the plague) The shortage of Math and science teachers is critical throughout the US and Europe and then some education bureaucrat puts in place rules which exclude teachers who can actually teach.

The relevant question in not "why should he be any different" but "why are rules put in place which produce hundreds of incompetent teachers and exclude exceptional ones". My guess is that, like the Democrat party in this country, the socialists in power in the UK have a large cadre of unionised teachers in their party organisations and this is just payback.

Credentialism over competence and the kids are the losers.

21 posted on 10/12/2004 7:40:33 AM PDT by Timocrat (I Emanate on your Auras and Penumbras Mr Blackmun)
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To: Porterville
Why should he be any different?

Surely the question should be why are rules in place which prevent an obviously brilliant teacher from teaching( Getting a third of the schools A level students to take Math is a miracle in itself - hard sciences seem to be avoided like the plague) The shortage of Math and science teachers is critical throughout the US and Europe and then some education bureaucrat puts in place rules which exclude teachers who can actually teach.

The relevant question in not "why should he be any different" but "why are rules put in place which produce hundreds of incompetent teachers and exclude exceptional ones". My guess is that, like the Democrat party in this country, the socialists in power in the UK have a large cadre of unionised teachers in their party organisations and this is just payback.

Credentialism over competence and the kids are the losers.

22 posted on 10/12/2004 7:49:50 AM PDT by Timocrat (I Emanate on your Auras and Penumbras Mr Blackmun)
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