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Are the educational requirements to be a K-12 teacher overkill?
I saw another thread as was wondering what everyone's opinions are on the subject.
I ask this question because it seems like overkill. What the hell does college level classes has to do with teaching little Timmy that 2+2=4 or that George Washington was the first president,especially if you only teach one subject? You wouldn't go to culinary school just so you can get a job at McDonalds flipping burgers or cooking french fries nor would you go to calculus just so you can be a cashier at Wal-Mart. Wouldn't be better if those wanting to be teachers only took courses related to the field they want to teach in or maybe a trade school for like lesson plan and test making and perhaps how to deal with unruly children?
I saw another thread as was wondering what everyone's opinions are on the subject.
I ask this question because it seems like overkill. What the hell does college level classes has to do with teaching little Timmy that 2+2=4 or that George Washington was the first president,especially if you only teach one subject? You wouldn't go to culinary school just so you can get a job at McDonalds flipping burgers or cooking french fries nor would you go to calculus just so you can be a cashier at Wal-Mart. Wouldn't be better if those wanting to be teachers only took courses related to the field they want to teach in or maybe a trade school for like lesson plan and test making and perhaps how to deal with unruly children?