Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!robk From: robk@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Robert Killgore) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: Public Education is a Fraud Summary: I am a High School Teacher. Message-ID: <6627@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> Date: 2 Jan 89 04:17:29 GMT References: <1124@actnyc.UUCP> <1088@naucse.UUCP> Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas Lines: 31 In article <1088@naucse.UUCP>, jdc@naucse.UUCP (John Campbell) writes: > From article <1124@actnyc.UUCP>, by jsb@actnyc.UUCP (The Invisible Man): [much verbage deleted] > % )In article <7.UUL1.3#913@acw.UUCP> scott@acw.UUCP (Scott Guthery) writes: > > Salary is only part of it, many people work at jobs that don't pay well > but are respected. Teaching no longer pays well and is no longer respected. > > Finally, there are some great teachers left in the system. My son had one > here in this small town. How they manage to last it out for more than 5 years > remains one of those mysteries of dedication that most of us will never > understand. I only wish great teachers were the norm and not the exception. > -- > John Campbell ...!arizona!naucse!jdc > CAMPBELL@NAUVAX.bitnet > unix? Sure send me a dozen, all different colors. I am a high school teacher and first want to thank John for his comments because I do not think there is a shortage of good (not great) teachers out there and most that I know are well qualified to teach their subjects That there are problems with education in the US in not a point that I would argue, but I don't think that the problem is as bad as many think it is And for the person who impuned the qualifications of most teachers ( sorry i did not get your name) of the math faculty at my high school we have one with a doctorate in math several with masters in either math or science, and a few like myself with batchelors in math or related fields most with an education minor ( my math started with calc and ended 34 hours later) which when you consider the subjects we teach is a little overkill I taught Algebra 1 and 2 and now teach Computer Math. Are we qualified to teach our subjects?