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Saturday, December 03, 2005 there's a blog i read from time to time that, while i don't agree with katie's opinions for the most part, focuses on education issues. therefore, i'm interested. there was a comment she made recently about lateral entry teachers (emphasis mine): I would prefer to fix our teacher shortage problem by making it easier for people to become teachers without education degrees. Mid-career professionals who want to switch into teaching aren't able to because they're considered unqualified without teaching certificates--even if they've worked for years in the field they want to teach. Teach for America receives 17,000 applications a year, including a great many from students at very top schools. Talented, enthusiastic college graduates want to be teachers, but they don't want to jump through hoops. one of the things i learned very quickly about teaching is that, unfortunately, content knowledge is the least of your worries. it certainly is important. and i'm pretty proud of that top 15 percentile grade on my PRAXIS english literature content examination. but that is not what makes me a teacher. it's my degree and my experience in education. what katie seems to be arguing is that we are making it too tough for people with excellent experience in content knowledge areas to get jobs teaching because we want them to be "highly-qualified" (a no child left behind term there for you) with a degree in education. what this seems to say is that we should connect high experience in a field with the ability to teach it well. that's not the case. here in north carolina, lateral entry teachers (the term for people entering teaching with field experience in their subject, but no teaching degree or certificate) have 3 years from the beginning of their teaching to complete a program in education. so the "hoops" that katie mentions seem to be pretty important. to attempt to argue that these people may not need those sort of requirements is an insult to the vast majority of the teaching field that does have a degree in education and is proud of that work. not to mention an even larger insult when people without education degrees come in at higher pay scale because of their "experience" in their field. hey, guilford county. i worked in a book store for 2 1/2 years. where's my pay increase for coming in with "field experience?" -- now from ranting to, well, disappointment. rachel and i checked out skip's hot dogs today over on e. market street right near hwy. 29. i've been craving a really good hot dog in this area, since the amazing cats and dogs hot dog place is located out of my reach in asheville. boasting the best hot dogs in town, i thought i'd at least be in for something decent. and sure, i guess you could describe the food as decent. but the lack of flavor was disappointing. every item seemed to be missing taste. my 'great dogs,' loaded with onions, slaw, chili and mustard, didn't taste like much. neither did my onion rings, nor rachel's fries. overall it was a let down. does anyone have any suggestions for great hot dog places here in greensboro? the housemates here at the nor'easter have been planning a great hot dog expedition to our respective 'best hot dog ever' places (mine, by the way, is the texas inn in lynchburg, virginia), but have yet to embark. so any input would be great. posted by J. Neas | 12/03/2005 04:53:00 PM
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The Texas Inn offers a great hot dog here in Lynchburg. Another great one can be found at Moores Country Store. One thing you notice about the store is the tree growing right through the roof at the entrance. Come on back to Lynchburg and try both.
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