Monday, October 26, 2009

mediocre college education

Richard Zhang

College is supposed to prepare a student for a future career in his or her chosen field. However, some schools such as the school of Education in various universities does not prepare future teachers for the 21st Century classrooms. A NYTimes article presents that even the College of Education in the prestigious Columbia University produce mediocre teachers. “hundreds of teachers who complained that they did not get enough practical training with classroom behaviors, particularly with poor students.” Many Universities uses the College of Education as a “cash cow” the College of Education is cheap and easy to run with high enrollments. There are certain teaching programs that help prepare the teachers such as Teach for America. However only a fraction of the teachers participate.

The goal of a secondary education is to produce young men and women for a role in society. What use is a secondary education that you wouldn't even be able to use to hold down a job? The point of a secondary education is so that it will help a graduate to hold down a job. Not to give money to Universities. This should be especially true for the college of education where they spark the interests of our children. Universities are a place for exploration of learning and providing society with alumni that will help society progress. Not to steal its students' money.

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