Soleron said:
With the offers, it's because the government won't let you hire 'unqualified' teachers. Even though I could teach a maths class right now (and did so on my placement) and even though the schools would like to have me, I need to spend a year doing "training" and pay £9000 = $14500 for the privilege. And I need to convince universities, not schools, to take me, so it's subject to the usual if you're black/female/low income discrimination. Finally, even though the Maths I have studied is above what's needed to teach 11-18 year olds, they will take Maths degrees preferentially to my Natural Sciences degree. By the way such training consists of them teaching you BS 'progressive' educational methods like different 'styles of learning', making fun and interactive lessons, and how everyone is a special flower. I'm a believer in teaching Maths with a board and pen. So the problem is bureaucracy. I am starting to come around to your general point of, 'I'm qualified give me a job'. |
On the latter point, that's mostly what i've been saying this whole time. Give me a clear path, even if its tough to traverse, and i'll march till my legs give out. It's all the front-end rigamarole that i hate (like currently, i've been offered a job, but that depends on a drug-test, which takes 2-3 weeks to turn around, then a background check, which takes 1-6 MONTHS)
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.