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Merit-based pay will never work as long as the unions and clueless administrators are in control. In early 2002, I was working with a local high school's theat
by caseysoftware 16y ago
Merit-based pay will never work as long as the unions and clueless administrators are in control.
In early 2002, I was working with a local high school's theatre group. Since I wasn't a parent, the rules said I had to get "hired" as a teachers' aide even though I was doing it for free.
I did the fingerprinting for the background check, provided a college transcript, and filled out the form. A month later I was rejected.
When I looked into it, I was told that I couldn't be a teachers' aide since I didn't take a college-level algebra class. In fact, I was asked "how did you get through college without taking any math?"
I pointed out that I had taken Calc 1-3, Diff Eq 1 & 2, Stats, Physics, and oh yeah had a BS in Electrical Engineering. But since I didn't have a college-level class with "algebra" in the name, I was rejected.
I didn't expect the administrators to know how to do Calc, but I did expect them to realize it was an advanced math class.
- nkassis 16y agoThat's hilarious if true, I would assume that the majority of math teachers would have also skipped college algebra to go straight for Calc since this is pretty common today.
- kevin_morrill 16y agoMore appalling than hilarious. Putting even the algebra aside, by this logic the following would be forbid in this school: -Thomas Edison assisting in a science lesson -Bill Gates helping kids learn to program -John Rockefeller teaching a business seminar -Michael Dell talking about supply chain -Walt Disney teaching an art lesson All never obtained a college degree (save honorary ones). It would be one thing if primary education had a basis for its elitism. But instead they're failing at an increasing rate.
- rmc 16y agoMerit-based pay will never work as long as the unions and clueless administrators are in control. Agreed. Sadly. :(
- viggity 16y agoso lets remove them from control
- th0ma5 16y agoi would've thought your algebra from HS would've counted for that requirement? hrmmm!