> It’s true that the average SAT score of high school students who plan to become teachers is below the national average. If you ever take education classes, t

> It’s true that the average SAT score of high school students who plan to become teachers is below the national average. If you ever take education classes, the first thing you'll notice is that the people leading them tend to go out of their way to follow best practices for teaching / learning. Since most other classes only incorporate a handful of evidence-based teaching methods, and many times are structured around blatant anti-patterns, a lot of the ways these programs are structured are going to feel wrong to outside observers. But often there is some sort of theory / research behind why they are the way they are. Granted this applies more to Ivy league teaching programs and not random Internet diploma mills, but for what it's worth.