[leda]

new teachers typically are drawn from the bottom
10% of their graduating class

I did not graduate in 1955, I wasn't even born then,
but I was certainly not in the bottom 10% of my class.
Both my undergraduate (major and a minor) and
graduate degrees were with honors.

You might want to reconsider generalizing an entire profession.

[joeystoy]

An honor student should know the definition of the word "typically".

That women today have choices previous generations did not is a fact that cannnot be disputed.

[mware]

Indeed, there are quite a few conservative teachers out there.

Matter of fact of the 7th grade teacher team I am a member of, 3 of the 4 are conservative.

There is a very big difference between the union hierarchy and those of us teaching in the trenches.