Posted on 01/30/2007 5:45:59 AM PST by wintertime
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1. The practitioners know and can do things the public in general cannot do. They have a specialized body of knowledge.
2. The specialized body of knowledge practitioners have takes an extended period of time to learn.
3. The educators who prepare the practitioners are experts who agree upon the specialized body of knowledge practitioners must have.
4. Admission to a professional training program is highly selective.( snip).
6. Only members of the profession set the standards for licensure and certification.
7. The primary responsibility and loyalty of a professional is to serve the client and not simply the institution or governmental agency in which the practitioner may be employed.
8. Neither the public at large nor an employing institution may control the way in which professionals relate to their clients, or the treatments, methods or procedures they use.
9. Neither the public at large nor an employing institution may set the purpose, goals or objectives for the practitioner’s practice with clients.
10. The public at large does not decide how to evaluate professionals.
11. Only members of the profession can determine malpractice and dismiss or disbar practitioners.
12. Professionals determine the cost of their services.
19. Professionals are trained to serve clients with problems. By definition “professionals” do not seek to perform services to clients without problems.
21. Professionals share a code of ethics to which they commit and adhere. They cannot be directed to perform or not perform services for clients which conflict with their professional code.
The case that teaching does not meet any of these twenty one criteria can be readily made.
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On a good day I made my commute to HS in 35 minutes, but it was still 3 different buses.........or I could guarantee 90 minutes if I took 2 buses and a subway :)
Attending HS in NYC is a bite when it comes to transportation, and it was even back in the 70s when I was going. And my parents were both born in Brooklyn.
I know a kid from out near Brighton Beach who goes to Bronx Science. Try that one on someday. When he comes home he does four hours at the family grocery store, giving his father time to sleep.
As a teacher with the public schools, I have a BA, a MBA, served as a volunteer firefighter, a international volunteer in 3rd world countries, lots of assets with properties along the coast of California, lots of debt with properties along the coast of California, and I know a whole lot about carpentry and a whole lot about agriculture and a whole lot about computer and a whole lot about science and a whole lot about California... I'm in my early 30's....... if you think a "professional" at a bank can teach better than me by pushing sales on loans... then the world is truly upside down.
Definitely true....
Yikes...........
He's got that immigrant spirit.
Good for you. I you have a great deal to be very proud of, and I'm sure you use all of your background in your teaching. There are actually more like you in the public schools than some people wish to acknowlege. Probably not enough, but more than expected.
Bravo.
I understand.
And on that note, I bid you a fond good night.........I am late for a date with a pillow :)
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