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mike w
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| I object to 50+ being old! |
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thechangling
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| Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 8:19 am Post subject: |
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| OhBudPowellWhereArtThou wrote: |
I've never been a fan of many of the courses for certification in the U.S.. There are some districts in the U.S. that don't want teachers who have education degrees or prior certification. In these districts, the teachers hold degrees in one field and earn their certificates while they teach.
My feeling is that either you have what it takes or you don't. I have known (and been taught by) many certified teachers who didn't know their ear from a hole in the ground. This is my personal opinion and I don't expect anyone to embrace it: Much of the content of certification courses teaches one to tell the administration what it wants to hear in gobbledygook educationese jargon. It indoctrinates applicants to the prevailing mindset so that everyone acts the same way when the administration is watching. That is my observation of U.S. certification (which is not necessary to teach in colleges and universities).
I can't believe that Chinese certification courses are much different unless there's a heavy dose of cultural norms lecture included. I'd be interested in knowing what this certification process would entail. |
What you said about the U.S education system mirrors what I experienced in New Zealand. They don't want people to train as certified teachers if you can think critically and stand up for yourself. They just want obedient robots who parrot their narrow minded ethos. |
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jimpellow
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| Spatula City wrote: |
| Errr I didn't mean to imply that all old dodgy men were disgusting, that dodgy, disgusting men were old, or that old disgusting men were dodgy... or that they're all preying on Chinese girls with daddy issues. |
I was rather flattered by it. |
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Non Sequitur
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What you said about the U.S education system mirrors what I experienced in New Zealand. They don't want people to train as certified teachers if you can think critically and stand up for yourself. They just want obedient robots who parrot their narrow minded ethos.
Or as some might put it 'Teaching the curriculum'. |
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donkeydonkey
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| Spatula City wrote: |
| well, that and the fact that young Chinese girls with daddy issues are willing to sleep with disgusting old men. |
Do we know each other? Have you been watching me? Did the University put you up to this? |
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adventious
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Location: In the wide
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| donkeydonkey wrote: |
| Spatula City wrote: |
| well, that and the fact that young Chinese girls with daddy issues are willing to sleep with disgusting old men. |
Do we know each other? Have you been watching me? Did the University put you up to this? |
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