Canada, right? Maybe it's different there. On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Strange. over half my stats courses (and all the most advanced ones) > in grad school were taught by Education faculty. > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Two problems here: > > > > First, not all teachers teach...too many just hand out assignments and > > babysit. > > Second: While teachers should be picked from the creme of the crop, > valued > > and paid accordingly, teaching is too often the default career for those > who > > can't cut it in harder disciplines. > > > > When I was at University it was a running joke that the Education majors > > were the ones who couldn't pass basic math. I know that is a stereotype > and > > not true for all, but it is true more often than not. > > > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:33 PM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Well sure... I mean, would you want to give anything up? (rhetorical > >> question) Especially if you had a job as demanding as teaching? > >> > >> I blame the system, foremost-ly, for bad teachers. It alone, will > >> make a good girl turn bad, so to speak. > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324750 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
