i'm not criticizing -- everyone should be entitled to vent...
but the logic in your post is confusing.

On 10/22/09, ScienceTeacher wrote:
> I am just venting here and I know that there will be people
> who disagree with me. I am just so tired of people trying to
> get certified in science (of any kind) when they have NO
> background in science. I know people are doing it because
> they are either trying to get hired or they want job
> security. Whatever the reason.. Did it ever occur to you
> why there is a shortage of those teachers(although that is
> not true anymore)?? Science is not the SAME as teaching
> English, history or any other subject! To truly understand
> science you need to have background in it, you need to
> understand the nature of science(no, not the scientific
> method), how labs are designed and the expected results and
> why those results might be different. Also if you are
> teaching a higher level science (chemistry, bio, physics,
> etc) you really need to have taken college level courses.
> There is a reason that science is the only subject that has
> INDIVIDUAL subject tests! I'm sick of people thinking
> anyone is qualified to teach it. I do not consider myself
> qualified for English? Why would an English teacher or
> history teacher be qualified to teach science?

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