> Well, I don't live in the U.S. Here, in Ontario,
 > Canada you have to hold
 > a teaching certificate to teach - that is you have to
 > be a qualified teacher. I have nine years of post secondary education
Each of the 50 states (and, I believe, the District of Columbia) requires a 
teaching certificate or credential good only in that state, in order to teach 
in the public schools. All of the states require a bachelor's degree, but 
they can't agree on what courses are required in order to teach. A teacher 
who changes state of residence and wants to teach in the new state usually 
ends up going back to college/university for some such course! Some states, 
such as California, even require testing - to get my Clear Credential here I 
had to take the CBEST, the general NTE, and six different 3 hour courses. Do 
I think these made me any better teacher? Probably not. I probably gained 
some knowledge, and maybe some practical things to take into the classroom. 
But I don't think a degree or a credential makes me any better a teacher. (I 
just happened to take all those classes, paid for and took $140 worth of 
tests, and then paid another $70 for the piece of paper that California says 
makes me qualified to teach in their schools.)
 >  þ QMPro 1.53 þ For adult education, nothing beats
 > children
Good tagline. Randomly generated, or do you pick them yourself? Sure is 
appropriate here...
                                 -donna
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