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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I very much respect teachers and think they provide an extremely valuable service to our society, but education programs in college consistently have the lowest SAT scores and give out the highest grades.  I started as an elementary ed major and I'm sorry, but those were hands down, some of the easiest classes I've ever taken.[/quote]

Nothing in education classes prepares you for being a teacher.  On paper, yes, but not in reality. It's totally a sink or swim experience. And I'm a career-changer who was not an education major in undergrad, so I'm speaking from my experience in grad school. The classes are requirements, and some of it is useful, but by far the most useful experience is student teaching and then your first year with a mentor teacher.

Can you really say that everything you learned to help you be successful in your job came from a college classroom? Most likely not. If we're basing the value of teachers on the rigor of their college courses, then why aren't we basing the value of other professionals on their college courses? My husband was a sociology major so he could spend his time partying. His SAT scores were lower than mine. He didn't go to grad school. Now he's a successful executive at a Fortune 500 company. College had pretty much nothing to do with his success. Same with teachers.

-teacher[/quote]

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