Credentialed parents
Much is being made of the California case in which Justice Walter Croskey unilaterally decided that parents have no legal right to home educate. The Wall Street Journal takes Croskey's idea to task and highlights some of the facts about home schooled students.
Not in the least surprising, teachers unions in California are excited about the latest attack on home schooling. Such judicial nonsense will be used to lend credence to the false notion that only certified teachers are capable of educating. The proof that such is not the case abounds within the ranks of public educators, a significant number of which begin their teaching careers through lateral entry style programs. These programs allow college graduates with absolutely no teaching experience or college coursework to enter the classroom unsupervised as full fledged educators. With several years to add coursework and pass the PRAXIS exams, these novice teachers with nary an hour's worth of "classroom management" or "learning styles" undergrad work are paid at the same rate as any first year teacher.
So, which is it? Can you or can't you teach without credentials?
Any teacher worth their salt will admit that educating is an often complex combination of inspiration, dedication, perspiration and even desperation and frustration. It's not something you learn in those ridiculous college courses designed to elevate "teaching" from the blue collar hard work that it is to a "white collar" profession with all the perks and pretentious respectability that implies. Not to mention the power of unionized people living from paycheck to paycheck trying fervently to create false scarcity in order to up their social value.
In the words of an old proverb - Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Better yet - Those who can teach, do it for free. Those who can't, unionize and pretend they are the only ones who can.
