Here is that Educrat’s vulnerabily point - her Gotcha Point.
“My qualifications to teach English include a double major in English and education, two master’s degrees (education and journalism).
MS Educrat admits to a degree in journalism, AND wants the FR community to accept her having survived the academic rigors (forgive the sarcasm) of a school of urinalism as a qualification making her superior to a home schooling parent.
Get The Net, FReepers, we have a live one here.
Agreed. Bragging about her credentials-a sure sign of “superiority”. If I am not mistaken, education majors at most colleges are in the bottom quartile ranks of SAT and/or ACT test takers who go on to college and graduate.
The comments section at the link rip the author to shreds!
I happen to be a homeschool parent who majored in journalism. LOL.
And I'm growing very weary of the attacks against journalism majors on this forum... lol.
Contrary to popular opinion, journalism is not an easy major. Looking back, I know now I would've had a much easier time and much more success if I'd studied programming. But, I enjoyed using words, especially to lead a customer to buy something.
So, I always worked in sales and marketing. I started out with an associates in marketing and then majored in advertising at a university. At some point, I decided the curriculum was too "artsy", so I switched to newswriting, even though I had no desire to be a reporter. Those newswriting classes were challenging, and the professors enjoyed flunking students. Once, a professor flunked almost her entire class.
My husband studied engineering and later became a programmer. Between the two of us, I think almost all the subjects are covered well in our homeschool.