Reply #15: I discourage them as well.

[madfloridian]

When I began teaching it was one of the most respected professions in our country. The pay was not good really, but the benefits were great.

Then we had to have a minimum of a four year degree with education as a major.

The last I read in our area they do not require that anymore. One person told me it was an associates degree required now....2 years. Some charter schools and private religious schools require less than that.

The conditions now are so bad that most of us who are retired refuse to go back to volunteer or substitute.