Really? I didn't find the post confusing at all.. What part did
you have trouble with? I thought it was to the point, written with
passion, and this person had strong convictions in their beliefs..

On 10/22/09, huh? wrote:
> 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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