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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not dreading falsehoods. All the OP needs to do to get her foot in the door is to apply. Unless she has a criminal background, she will be accepted. The bar to being accepted is low. Those are the two requirements. That’s it. Whether or not she succeeds is a different story. Most people don’t. [/quote]

The reason the bar is so low is because we are so ridiculously desperate for teachers. The job has become unsustainable and demoralizing, so people aren’t making it through the year.

It’s wrong to tell people “it’s easy” when what you really mean is “it’s easy because people quit this unrealistically demanding job at record numbers so we’ll literally take a pulse just to fill a classroom.”

You give people false hope, so they put their own effort and resources into something that they don’t understand.[/quote]

Don't be so obtuse. It IS easy to get your foot in the door. Period. If the OP needs a job soon without any barriers for her, teaching is it. I met a friend of one of my coworkers last spring. She was on her college's spring break. She didn't have any idea what job to do after her graduation in May. I guess she decided to teach because she is starting at a neighboring school in August. College degree + no criminal background= you're in. Will she last? No idea. We've had teachers with zero teaching experience and zero experience with kids go on to become good teachers. You never know. Some people are just very persistent and won't let the hard times cause them to quit. Others realize that it isn't for them. [/quote]

I’m not sure why you called me obtuse because you illustrated my point. Yes, it’s easy to get approved as a teacher. You say she “is starting,” so she hasn’t actually experienced the classroom yet. That’s when the test begins, and that’s when many fail.

Yes, some (a few) will rise to the challenge and become good teachers. Most will quit. But here’s what you don’t understand:

Those who quit create more work for those who stay. We end up giving up our precious planning periods to cover their classes when they leave midyear. You do a HUGE disservice to students and to professionals when you say “just teach.” The new teacher puts a ton of work into a dead end, and then students end up with another overburdened sub.

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