http://domemagazine.com/blogs Michigan People, Politics, and Policy Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://domemagazine.com/blogs/sku041609#comment-875 Jack Minore Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:15:52 +0000 http://domemagazine.com/blogs/?page_id=473#comment-875 My experience in the House was that all legislators fancied themselves 'experts' on education since they had all attended school. More of a problem, though, were the former teachers who -- because they had been teachers -claimed expertise. Some of them privately said things like -- "I taught for three years and couldn't stand it -- so I got out and went into ___ (fill in the blank). Still, as 'former teachers' they were education experts. My experience in the House was that all legislators fancied themselves ‘experts’ on education since they had all attended school. More of a problem, though, were the former teachers who — because they had been teachers -claimed expertise. Some of them privately said things like — “I taught for three years and couldn’t stand it — so I got out and went into ___ (fill in the blank). Still, as ‘former teachers’ they were education experts.

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