ok, boomer...lol (its ok, I am 61)
Seriously, I think your comment applied more so about 40 to 60 years ago. I am guessing that an ‘Ed’ degree today is not what it was then, and I am not sure what it was then.
Teachers should not have to have an ‘Ed’ degree. A retired specialist, in any field (math, science, engineering, physics, mechanics, woodcraft, etc, etc) should be able to pass on their skills (and in many cases, art of profession) without having to bow down to the PC/DEI gods and spend another small fortune on indoctrination technique. This (used to) work in Colleges. Why is it not the case in grade school?
Lol. I made this argument many years ago at my college - part of a student uprising against foreign TA's that spoke no English. If a kindergarten teacher needs a degree and has to pass a certification test, how can colleges let non-English speaking grad students teach college math and engineering courses?
With all due respect, you are correct for High School teachers, to some degree. However what then would you suggest elementary school teachers major in? I taught 1st and second grade for 15 years before switching to a tech career when my children were through school. I don’t think I would have understood how to teach reading to a 5 or 6 year old or to teach math to them on a level that they could grasp, or know how to organize a classroom for sometimes 40 little ones so that it ran smoothly, if I had not had the classes we called “method classes” which were mostly taught in my junior and senior year. And of course the semester of practice-teaching in a nearby school while my advisor helped me past the many “hurdles” that came along.