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Other than my family, my love is reading and literature. I can't imagine a day going by without reading part of a novel. I have a B.A. and M.A. in English Literature with primary focus on British Romantic and British Victorian Lit.

Education > Teachers & Administrators Are teachers treated as professionals?

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In my personal experience the answer has been "no." All teachers have, at the minimum, a Bachelors Degree, while many have advanced degrees to include but not limited to Masters Degrees in Education, English, History, Chemistry, etc.. Others have obtained either their Ed.d., or a Ph.D. in their discipline. With this amount of education, one could assume that a person of this caliber would be able to work independently and certainly not need daily supervision. Unfortunately, in the schools I have taught and interviewed other teachers this is simply not the case. The current system of educat...

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