Nice snag Inky -

2 counterarguments:
A)I have heard (mabye from Wenda Sheard?) that the is plenty of research that says what will make a good teacher, and it comes down to -
Strong Vocabulary and
Strong knowldege of the material.
(appologies in advance, I'm feeling a bit vauge here, can anyone clean this up for me?)

But basically, the idea is that yes we do know what makes a good teacher!

B) I've heard from friends who started in teaching that the social interactions between experienced and new teachers are very poor. One friend described the teacher's lounge as being like the cafeteria in Middle School, complete with gossip, exclusion, and cliques. I think that something like 50% of new teachers leave after the first (or maybe it was second) year!

Grinity

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