Teachers face competence check-ups


	Teachers face competence check-ups

foxyarse

6-30-2009 2:07 PM

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6-30-2009 2:08 PM

foxyarse

About time!

6-30-2009 3:43 PM

jatfla

I'm curious if anyone finds this unreasonable.

7-1-2009 1:59 PM

tanyamm

Sounds like a good idea but then they should also pass some sort of exam to prove they would make a good teacher in the first place. There is more to teaching than pushing out facts to students who don't always want to learn in the first place.

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