Gabriel Sechan wrote:
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:10:44 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
[email protected] Subject: Re: Schooling funding debate
... again (Was Re: Wifi leeches (Was: Multiple NAT layers))
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:51:15AM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
That's why I don't really have a problem with it. If you are not
even willing or capable of investing the time and money to get
such a simple certification, should you really be homeschooling
your child?
Slippery slope. Income tax was initially sold as a tax on the
rich. Look where we are now. This cert will just lead to
regulation creep on homeschoolers.
The cert *does* turn people away. It is just more noise to deal
with.
If they're turned off by such a small requirement, its for the best.
Teaching is *hard*. Teaching a child who just isn't getting it
requires patience and tenacity. If you don't have the fortitude to
take a test, you aren't capable of teaching.
It's not just taking a test. It's the requirement to pay more money out
of your own pocket just to be a teacher.
If you didn't see my other post, I applied for a certification. Part of
the process was to take classes at a cost of over $2000. The classes
would not have made me a better teacher. And there was no way to test
out. A system like that has scam written all over it.
Gus
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