[wintertime]

However, many very smart people are also somewhat anti-social, and teaching is first and foremost a social event.
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Another strawman argument!

Walter Williams never said that ONLY very smart people should teach. How can anyone defend a position of your own creation?

If you are a teacher, I hope you are not using this highly manipulative, and highly flawed debating technique with your students. I personally would consider this to be emotionally abusive to do this to emotionally and intellectually immature student who are held captive in your class by force of law.

Williams DID suggest that schools of education be eliminated. This would mean that students would need to declare another major. That would make them at least at smart as the other students graduating from these majors!

[CottonBall]

Williams DID suggest that schools of education be eliminated. This would mean that students would need to declare another major. That would make them at least at smart as the other students graduating from these majors!

Excellent idea! I was always skeptical when I'd hear someone say they wanted to teach, but didn't know what they wanted to teach. I figured whatever they chose, they'd be horrible at it because, IMO, someone needs to master the material AND have a love of whatever they are teaching. Teaching just to teach something is more of an ego issue.

[Mr Rogers]

You seem enamored with the word strawman. However, calling an argument names is NOT the same as answering it.

But then, suggesting that I’m “highly manipulative” or “emotionally abusive” isn’t very logical, either.

Grow up. My point, which you have not refuted, is that teaching requires far more than intellect, and that test scores do not reflect those other job qualifiers.