Number one Chicken in America!

[rah]

So you could get a job in a public school? Do you have a teaching degree?

[Ben Kenobi]

So you could get a job in a public school?

For September? Absolutely.

Do you have a teaching degree?

Do I have a certificate here in Texas? No. I don't need one to teach in any private school here. Could I get one? Sure. It's just one 6 month course.

[rah]

Thanks for proving my point.
I said you weren't qualified to teach in a public school there because you didn't have all the qualifications and you have verified that.

After you take that 6 month course you can come back and tell me that you're now qualified.

[Ben Kenobi]

I said you weren't qualified to teach in a public school there because you didn't have all the qualifications and you have verified that.

I haven't needed it and it's increasingly unlikely that I'll bother getting one. Everyone asks about my degree and experience. Nobody cares about certification. I had planned on going back to school to pick it up, but public schools in the US are generally poorly regarded. Why would I spend money for an unwanted certification to work at a school that performs worse than where I am?

I had thought it would be a big deal like it is in Canada, but apparently not.

[rah]

Nobody cares about certification.

Obviously public schools do, so saying nobody is incorrect.

But again, my statement that you're not qualified to teach in a public school stands.

[Ben Kenobi]

Obviously public schools do, so saying nobody is incorrect.

It's just a union tax. I was actually recruited by a small school here that specializes in it, but the certs are more trouble than they are worth.

[rah]

Again, that doesn't change the fact that it is required, so there is no need for you to continue to challenge it's value.

[Ben Kenobi]

the fact that it is required

If I lived in a slave state like Illinois, I'm sure that would be the case.

[AAAAAAAAH!]

Certifications aren't a "union tax". Texas doesn't have a real teacher's union and still expects teachers to have certification.

[Ben Kenobi]

Certifications aren't a "union tax". Texas doesn't have a real teacher's union and still expects teachers to have certification.

Then why don't they permit certificate holders from other states to work here in a public school? It's a union tax.

[AAAAAAAAH!]

Why should they assume teachers in other states fit the standards of Texas?

[Ben Kenobi]

Why should they assume teachers in other states fit the standards of Texas?

Are you saying that Texas's education system is superior to most? It's a union tax.

[AAAAAAAAH!]

I didn't set the requirements for being a teacher in Texas, so whether I personally think Texas teachers are better is irrelevant. The legislature elected by the people of Texas did. Why would they decide to enforce a "union tax"?

[PLATO]

Ben = STUPID

[Ben Kenobi]

Why would they decide to enforce a "union tax"?

Because the teacher's union lobbied for it?