[Vision2020] Logos School's Policy of Entrance Discrimination

[Pat Kraut]

I just saw the anvertizement for next weeks 2020 and it is going to be about
education...fits right in with this conversation. I didn't look too positive
for some kids in New Jersey!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>
To: <DonaldH675 at aol.com>
Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Logos School's Policy of Entrance Discrimination


On 1/6/06, DonaldH675 at aol.com <DonaldH675 at aol.com> wrote:

> Why is there this criticism of certification in education but not in other
> professions. I for one would not hire an attorney who failed the bar
> examination nor go to a doctor who failed his medical board exam so
whyever
> would I let an uncertified teacher instruct my child.

When my youngest daughter turned nine, she couldn't read Dr. Seuss.
Legions of specialists had had been consulted, all with various,
sometimes multiple, certifications, yet their combined efforts came to
naught.

I stopped working and spent two years teaching her myself.  By the
time she was thirteen, she was reading Andersonville (the 768 page
Pulitzer-prize winning tome by MacKinlay Kantor) for pleasure.  Now
she is a sophomore at the University of Hawaii, with a 3.8 GPA
(approximate), majoring in International Relations and Chinese.

Yes, I am proud of her.  :-)

I had prior experience: I taught two of my sisters to read.  I tutored
for years when I was still in High School/Junior High School, teaching
fellow students what their certified teachers couldn't.  I dropped out
in the tenth grade (at my father's insistence), and everything that I
know I taught myself.

Teachers are born, not made, and their certifications matter not a
whit.  Their only real ability is to inspire.  You can't earn a
certificate in inspiration.

I am half-seriously suggesting that teachers require personality tests
rather than tests of what they know, as personality seems to make the
greater difference.  I suspect that this is partially true of many
professions, but maybe more for teachers than any other.

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