IIRC, as a group, Ed. Majors have a graduating GPA lower than all but athletes.
Even going in, their SAT scores are bottom tier.

Ever hear about anybody flunking out of Ed., and going into Engineering?  Me neither.

Sorry, Red.  I was speaking in the aggregate, and not specifically about you.  I apologize if I offended you.

I currently teach Physics and Government (go Bill of Rights!), I have taught Biblical Apologetics and Philosophy, and I will teach Physics and Algebra next year at the private school that employs me.  I am a state certified educator in both science and mathematics. I taught and managed the mathematics program at the local Sylvan Learning Center.  I graduated from a private teacher college that varied little from a public teacher education school, and I am a rebel.  I have studied the history of education in this country and I have this to say.  The reason most government school (public school) teachers are liberal is two-fold.

#1-  We have removed from the classroom the religion of Christianity, which is the philosophical basis for conservatism, and replaced it with another religion, that of Secular Humanism.  This has been the goal of the Humanist movement from the '20's in their effort to win the cultural war and create a secular utopia on earth.  We have replaced the traditional structure of the community school where students were grouped together according to ability and achievement with teachers who knew their subjects and taught with authority  and replaced it with the socialistic system crated by John Dewey, which groups students en masse according to their age group and allows them to teach themselves, to determine for themselves what is important to know and how to learn it, with the teacher only there to serve as a guide.  The teacher need not be a master of their subject, they need know only how to socialize the students into complacent government servants and propagate the government line.  Horace Mann deliberately set up schools to indoctrinate kids to be compliant factory workers.  Secular Humanist philosophy must be removed and replaced with the philosophy that formed the basis for this republic and the only one that will ensure its survival, Biblical Christianity.  Those of you who knee jerk "separation of church and state" need to actually read the First Amendment (it's not in there) and study what Fisher Ames, the author of the First Amendment, said on separating religious principles from government and education.  Notice I did not say CONVERT to Christianity, but teach Christian philosophical values regarding human nature, the role of government, work, responsibility, and the God given rights of man.  It is not possible to educate from a morally neutral position.Ideas have consequences.  Choose the correct ideas and teach them.

#2- we have taken control of the educational system from parents and local communities and given it over to the control of the federal government.  Every public school in Amerika is run by Washington through the money given to them.  Once the school is dependent on the money, the school will do whatever the gub'mint says lest they loose it.  The one government agency that should be abolished over all others is the Dept. of Education, along with all federal involvement in public schools.  Please read the 10th Amendment to the Constitution.  Where in the Constitution does the US gov't have the authority to involve itself in education?  Control of education must be returned to parents and local communities.

[size=6]Until those things occur, the only solution is to remove your children from the liberal propaganda center commonly called a public school and send them to a straight thinking private school or home school them! [/size=6]

edited b/c I keep thinking of more things to say!

1,000.

Now you know.

-Troy