tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278668954826628323.post120028161939990212..comments2023-05-01T10:13:17.957-04:00Comments on A.S.K.ing Questions...: Gerald Conti shrugged...Professor Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692105823500600796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278668954826628323.post-74027338484243345362013-11-08T15:05:48.117-05:002013-11-08T15:05:48.117-05:00Probably because the starting pay for most other p...Probably because the starting pay for most other professions that require a college degree is the same as the ending pay of being a teacher. When I taught, I couldn't make ends meet and I'm a penny pincher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278668954826628323.post-81351856072974902092013-10-03T11:17:58.154-04:002013-10-03T11:17:58.154-04:00There isn't much good to be said about a "...There isn't much good to be said about a "teaching degree," regardless of the planned occupational outcome. The least informed, talented, educated, and capable college graduates have been "education" majors since sometime in the 1950's. T.W. Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278668954826628323.post-34280266236559184282013-08-30T14:15:57.532-04:002013-08-30T14:15:57.532-04:00I left education after one year of service and wen...I left education after one year of service and went back to school for an engineering degree. You nail the problem on the head. During my time as a "teacher" I had many roles. Policeman, drug sniffer, lobbyist, protector, moderator, but teacher was never one of the roles. I spent more time fighting with parents and administrators than teaching children. When asked about my past as an educator, I say "I love teaching, too bad I never got to do it." The education department where I got my engineering degree wasn't happy when I told a couple students that to best prepare to be a teacher they should major in law enforcement and minor in politics, because those areas of study would be far more useful than a teaching degree in our current education system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com