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Re: A quotation



Ludwik Kowalski <KowalskiL@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU> wrote:

There is an article in The New York Times today
(7/26/99 p A15) which is worth reading. The author
is Leon Botstein and the title is "MAKING THE
TEACHING PROFESSION RESPECTABLE AGAIN".

"... Right now, viewer that 65% of new teachers have either a
major or minor in a subject matter they teach. Nearly a third
of all teachers today teach subjects in which they have no
formal training. More that half of all students studying physics
in high school are taught by teachers who had neither a major
nor a minor in physics.


{ Snip }


Paradoxically, there are view professions that that promis
as many rewards, and as much satisfaction as teaching.
If the right steps are taken to ...."


How vrightening! I vind it hard to vathom this. Perhaps
some proovreading would help?

Sigh,
John