Sawfish, thanks for those thoughts.
I taught Education majors among others for about 30 years as an English composition teacher. Believe me, the experience was not one likely to make one optimistic about the destiny of kids who would be their pupils. Perhaps it is becoming widely recognized that it's largely the mediocre students who enroll in Education.
The problem, as you indicate, is not only that these students will become teachers of meagre learning (and how shall they pass on to others what they do not have?), but that they are lacking in moral and ethical qualities. Many of them, I think, approve of themselves because they profess the notions of their career circle & union, and promote those notions -- which may be simplistic and even deluded.
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Education majors bond early with the NEA by affiliating with Student Education Associations, etc. (scroll down).
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Thus affiliated, Education majors are provided with a ready-made set of notions and feel little need to think for themselves.
For many parents -- no problem! They are not thoughtful people themselves; they want their kids to be popular, to "get good grades," to "go to college" and make good connections, get jobs that pay well, and so on; that's the outline of a "good life." That's it.
Biden made much of his wife's being an NEA member, etc. I expect his administration will try to bring homeschoolers and independent schools under government supervision even more. But you know, there was a time when we were citizens -- not subjects. In fact -- let it be whispered in your ear: we still are.
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