MS> There are no explicit mental health requirements, tho hopefully 
MS> common sense is used in hiring people. 
PS>The reason I bring this up is idea that educators are not screened 
PS>as well as police officers.  just a thought.
Yet despite this screening of police officers, we seem 
unable to weed out those who are racist, overly-violent, 
open to temptation, etc... I really don't think our 
screening instruments are particularly good for this 
purpose?!  While the majority of police officers may, in 
fact, be fine people, the same is CERTAINLY true of 
educators in general!  
I take your meaning, but I'm not sure I care for the 
implication that police are somehow to be considered 
superior in terms of character, etc because they have been
screened; and while you may argue that this was not what
you meant, without that implication, your suggestion of
screening seems pretty pointless?!
I've no problem with running background checks, etc, I'm
just not sure that this is some kind of major problem...
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