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If we would like to do a bit of "story telling" to see who can top everyone
else in terms of ridiculous situations, try this one.
Last year we had a good physics-teacher graduate whose home was not too far
from this school. Therefore she thought this would be a good school for her
to teach at. She went to the superintendent and asked if she could be
considered for the physics teacher position. The superintendent said there
was no opening. She said she knew the current teacher had no teaching
credentials at all, let alone physics. He said that with the previous
physics teacher (who was a real physics teacher) he got lots of complaints
the teacher was too hard. The current "physics teacher" is popular,
students love him, and the superintendent has had no complaints from
students nor parents in the several years this "teacher" has been there.
Therefore he is keeping the current "teacher."
I told our graduate that "emergency teaching licenses" require the
superintendent certify (on an annual basis) that no qualified teacher could
be found. Since she walked in and offered her services, the superintendent
could not make this certification without lying. I said she should consider
reporting the superintendent to the State of Ohio Board of Education. She
said (probably correctly) that it wasn't worth it because it would not be
good to teach in a situation under a superintendent who pulled a trick like
this. (That shows she was a pretty astute young teacher.)