Comments on: Impending Teacher Shortage? I Don’t Believe It

By: Eldest Son

Eldest Son — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:03:13 +0000

I want to hear about teaching outside the U.S. I was never able to get a response from any website except those who want teachers to go to places like South Korea or Japan; I have no desire to go there.

I have an undergraduate degree in computer stuff and I started working on an MA in history. I chose the MA because it was a more flexible option: I can teach or I can work in a museum or library. Before I was done with the MA I was told that at my age (55 at the time) my best course of action was to volunteer in the inner city so that I “might be hired once they got to know me.” As I worked on all this, the education people at the local college told me I was a perfect candidate for teaching. They lied.

By: G Wamsat

G Wamsat — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:22:11 +0000

Dejavue! I’ve just spent the last 2 years being jacked around by teachers colleges. They finally had to refuse me entry into the college because I had taken all the classes they offered. No reason given. (I guess they had sucked all the money they wanted out of me.) I have a BSEE (from that university) a Masters in Management, an associates in CS and 30 years experience in everything from agriculture to aerospace. No Teach For Me! Not Mine!

By: Reggie Goodwin

Reggie Goodwin — Sat, 26 May 2007 17:26:26 +0000

Your flight to employment overseas is our loss as a country and (your) previous community.

I can tell you are a person of passion that wants to teach not JUST for the pay (in Japan, teachers are paid as much as engineers and esteemed just as highly) but for the legacy you will leave behind in the children you will affect.

I hope that bottom-line obsessions are not the only criterion for teacher performance in the US. And I agree, CEOs should not have that kind of impact in the classroom with “Gestapo-like” firing tactics!