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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:57:27 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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There's nothing wrong with "just" being a teacher, as long as you're very
good at it. I mean, if you're an excellent physicist, why would you leave
that field to teach, especially if it means getting another degree just to
be licensed as a teacher? I had excellent teachers who never worked in
physics, biology or whatever. So does my son. What about math teachers?
What
would their non-teaching field me? Mathematician?

I was involved in 2 excellent educational systems as a student and as
an instructor. IBM and the US Navy.
Both had a policy that teaching was not a profession and everyone
should move on to keep fresh blood flowing in the system. In my
private high school they also hired teachers who were going to move
on. Most were grad students or people who had worked in the field they
taught in some way. It made a lot more interesting classes.

What's a math whiz supposed to move on to?