> Betty, what happens when our educators don't know the subjects they are
> educating our children on? Case in point, a friend of mine teaches english,
> and yet she didn't know who John Milton was. IMO, we have made the mistake
> of preparing the teachers by teaching theories of education, not science,
> math, english, and history.  I think teachers should be required to take a
> double major, education, and the subject they want to teach; and to be paid
> accordingly. I respect teachers,. but I think they ought to KNOW their
> subjects
>
Paradise restrained!