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 <mamamaur...@gmail.com> 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 <valliants...@gmail.com> 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:324748 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm