>But many teachers get into teaching not because of a mastery of their subject matter or even teaching but because they want to be paid babysitters, more or les

>But many teachers get into teaching not because of a mastery of their subject matter or even teaching but because they want to be paid babysitters, more or less. You're missing the forest for the trees. We're graduating kids who are functionally illiterate. That isn't a teacher problem. That isn't a school problem.