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I've long heard that the lowest of the low-ranked students in colleges gravitate to education as a major. Now, I tend to reject such generalities, and I believe that there are some exceptional teachers out there............but I'm constantly floored by the drooling idiots I see in public schools today.

I am a victim of the Kansas City, MO Public School system. I remember an algebra teacher who didn't teach, who gave a 10 question quiz every week, and if you handed in a blank piece of paper with your name on it, you got a D, one right got you a C-, two right a C, three right a B-, 4 right, a B, 5 right an A-, and 6 out of 10 got you an A! The next year was a geometry class where the teacher didn't understand and couldn't explain the theorums! I was so frustrated that I dropped out of high school during my sophomore year. Luckily, I was convinced to at least go to VOTECH for half a day, to learn to be a diesel mechanic... Hell, in that class, we never once got to work on a diesel, as they were too expensive, so we never learned to work on anything except gasoline auto engines.

Once I got into the "real world," and realized just how hard it was going to be to find a job without at least a high school diploma, I decided to go back (to a different school, this one was a very good school in NY), and was able to graduate on time. However, high school did NOT prepare me academically for college, and I had a terrible time, as was at a terrible disadvantage, especially at math (not having had high school geometry or trig!).

I'd love to see someone sue the public school systems for malfeasance.

Mark

From my experience, I wouldn't say they were the dumbest kids in school, but they were usually the most naive. A few of my close friends have gone onto become teachers. I'm sure they would have been fine in any profession, however, in the education major, its a lot of sound and fury signifiying nothing. Mostly socialist, or commie, overly sensitive politically correct crap, and the schools and unions make sure its indoctrinated. It also does help that the best and brightest students don't want to go into teaching, unless its home schooling there own kids down the road. If teaching could get the best people, things would be a lot better, then again, we have kids who can't work a ruler becoming teachers, so who knows.