Honestly....Do they teach and form of rational thinking in education colleges?
You are comparing a single government teacher of 30 students ( $3.00/hour/child) to a day care worker who is forbidden by law to have that many. If the day care worker does have 30 children then there are very **significant** expenses ( employee wages, building and rental expenses, health and safety requirements, and handicap expenses such as very expensive ramps and bathrooms) that come out **directly** out of the fees paid to her by the parents.
You aren't comparing apples to oranges. You are comparing apples with a Boeing 747!
Honestly.... I absolutely believe that **all** government teachers should be required to take ( at minimum) the first semester of Calculus for engineering and science majors. They should be required to sit side by side with these science and engineering majors and take the very **same** classes. It might help with the faulty reasoning seen in your post.
I would suggest that education majors take Calculus I, II, and III, and differential equations but few would graduate.
And, the purpose for requiring an elementary level multi-subject credentialed teacher to know calculus I, II, and III would be ? ? ? ? What benefit would there be in requiring a high school English teacher to be able to pass such high level math courses? ? ? ? Should this also be applied to Physical Education teachers? If the desired outcome is to eliminate people from earning a teaching credential, then I might understand your line of thought. But, requiring such a high level of mathematics for people obtaining a degree where such mathematics are not used makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. But, I can understand given that so many people who are so critical of education have never spent a single day in the shoes of a classroom teacher. If they had they might have formed a different opinion.