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In reply to the discussion: Teacher who can't speak Spanish sues after failing to get Spanish teaching post [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)13. She was not asking for a job as a Spanish teacher
She was asking to continue doing her current job as an English teacher, just on a different track that involved one hour of foreign language instruction that could be provided by any teacher.
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NWCorona
Jul 2016
OP
Tracy is a little unclear on the concept of teaching a language she doesn't know.
hobbit709
Jul 2016
#1
You're wrong, she requested a job in the EFL track that requires a second language
Tempest
Jul 2016
#29
It says 'a teacher of any subject who is language profficient can teach the foreign language'
bravenak
Jul 2016
#58
Would you really want someone that can't understand this to be teaching your kids?
tonyt53
Jul 2016
#5
Thought for sure this was Wisconsin, where teachers are no longer required to be graduates of
AllyCat
Jul 2016
#7
Pay for an extra teacher so I can teach physics even though I m not qualified!! Requirements none
Person 2713
Jul 2016
#65
The Guardian has been sounding more and more like the Daily Torygraph or the Whore Street Journal.
forest444
Jul 2016
#12
The claim of “employment discrimination on the basis of race and national origin”
Cal Carpenter
Jul 2016
#34
Yes the claim of racism is ridiculous. Speaking Spanish has nothing to do with race. nt
alphafemale
Jul 2016
#56
As a teacher I get the impression that she is not a good teacher and needs the job more
kimbutgar
Jul 2016
#41
Why would she want to learn Spanish? She believes she is in a country where the offikal
Person 2713
Jul 2016
#66
I have subbed as a non-Spanish speaker in Spanish classes. It is ridiculous to think that she should
GreenPartyVoter
Jul 2016
#75