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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, the funniest part is that at my school we still have close to 10-15% of content teacher positions unfilled.  Secondary.  Yeah, we're laughing all the way to the bank.  And so will you when your kid is being taught by a long-term sub with only 2 years of college and it isn't in the subject matter being taught.   :lol: [/quote]

Don't stress about it. "Content teacher positions" can be adequately filled by anyone with a HS diploma. You have vacancies because we pay teachers too little for any true professionals to take the position. We need to pay more and then expect more. Stop hiring blow-average slackers and paying them peanuts. [/quote]
Why do you want schools to open, if not for your children to work with trained educators? It’s clear that so many of you with low opinions of teachers are really struggling to parent your children and are desperate for time away from them. It would be much easier to respect you if you would just admit to it. [/quote]

Every year without fail we get some Pearl clutching thread about how their child is going to be taught by a first-year teacher and how it's going to ruin their education. Imagine when we have such a shortage that you have nothing but subs who don't even have a four-year degree. [/quote]

I would much rather have a retiree who had a career as an actual professional who now is willing to sub than a pubic school teacher with an education degree.[/quote]
LOL okay then. 
Have you ever MET a retiree who decided to become a substitute teacher? There are two who most frequently work at my school. One of them doesn't speak much English, which makes it very difficult for the students to understand her. The last time she was covering my class she tried to force my fifth graders to spend an hour coloring a photocopied picture of a Christmas scene (it was October). I returned to an absolute disaster. The other spends most of the day in the hallway, reading a magazine, no matter which class she's covering. 
I find it hard to believe that you would be happy with the "education" they would be providing your kids. They can barely keep the kids alive all day. I sincerely hope you get what you wish for, though.[/quote]

I have. And while not ideal, they have at least been successful in some profession. I've met many, many public school teachers. I don't trust them to watch my houseplant. [/quote]

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