in a message dated 98-05-12 08:22:00 EDT, you write:

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 No, a TEACHER at the school Dan Quayle was visiting.  That's why this
 country is falling apart - we have morons at the front of the classrooms.

 (Only one reason.  Slime balls making (and ignoring) the laws don't help
 either).

 Andy
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OOHHHH!  OK now my dander is up (and you know how painful that can be!)

99% of all teachers are underpaid and grossly overworked!  Teaching is the
only Professional type profession that is controlled by the massivly
underqualified!  One needs a bachelors degree, a teaching credential and 1
year of unpaid apprentiship only to be paid less than most construction
workers and asked to work not only at work but in the evenings and during
vaccations.  And then they have to keep taking classes to prove to the state
that they are still worthy to teach.  Then  they elect housewives and baptist
asshole ministers to govern the whole thing whilst mandating methods of
teaching that failed in the 40s but somehow are now expected to work!  If you
could do your job with both hands tied behind your back and one leg wraped
around your neck, then and only then would you be qualified to have an opinion
of what teaching is really about!

Dave Duley