Virginia Tech actually. On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Canada, right? Maybe it's different there. > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> 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. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >
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