[ladylib]

A 36-year-veteran of NYC's public school system called into WABC's radio talk show today and mocked out the teachers who couldn't pass the test.

He said when he trained to become a teacher 36 years ago, you would never be permitted to take a test a dozen times. You would be booted out of the education school.

He also said that if a teacher has a speech impediment such as a lisp, that teacher would be required to go to speech therapy before he was allowed in the classroom. He said that teachers with heavy foreign accents (such as a German accent) either cleared up that accent or they were not permitted to teach in the classroom. The thought back then (how novel) was that students had a right to understand what the teacher was saying.

In K-8, teachers had to be able to teach all subjects. If the principal wanted an English teacher to teach 8th grade math because of staff constraints, that teacher had to be able to do it successfully.

He said the problem began in the early 70's when teaching became a jobs program rife with cronyism.

[Kenny Bunk]

Teaching has always been rife with cronyism. In the olden days, however, one's cronies actually knew quite a lot. Today, in schools all over the country, teaching is just a parking lot for ignorant AAAs with fake degrees.

[Guillermo]

Yes, public schools today exist not to educate, but to serve teachers and administrators with exorbidant salaries and a bloated staff, and the Democrat Party via donations and endorsements.