Tirade

Ok I admit it, The reason for the missing post is because Tobi found somthing cool in the internet and I sneaker posted on it while he was still making it perfect. It was mostly a joke between us because He'd always get the good blog material after a hike or somthing (good material being pictures) and all that left me to do was blather about somthing on the hike.

So here I am blathering again, but not about cool ray guns.

I don't like the way our society worships its education system. I don't neccicarily agree with the idea that if a person wants to be an officer in the Armed Forces that the thing that really disiguishes them and sets them above their peers is that they went and got a degree. Why on earth would getting a Bachelors degree in elementary education (you can get one in anything as long as its a 4 year... so yes this means that Jack O'Neil went to college for 4 years) make you a natural leader? I almost think its just a test of your character. Its like asking "can this person learn complex ideas?" "Is this person educatable?" I also kinda think its so they have an excuse to age a person a bit after they put them in control of other people. Typicaly 18 yearolds are enlisted and their officers would be 22 years old... as we all know 22 year olds are SO much more mature that 18... Just look at me...

I got an email from my teacher about PBS doing a documentary on the nursing shortage and how by 2020 there's going to be like a Nursing shortage of One Million job openings. The problem isn't that no one wants to be a nurse its that there are so few teachers. I can attest that 2/3-3/4 of the nursing teachers I've had have been very poor quality. The problem is that Those who "can" DO, those who can't Teach!.... What I mean is that if a person can be a nurse then there are going to be one, If they can't for some reason, like they're lame at it or can't take the stress anymore then they go into teaching. Here's the real kicker. If you want to be a nurse its 2-3 years of schooling to get an associates degree. If you want to be a teacher you need a masters degree. thats 6 years of schooling. A person is going to have to want to do this pretty badly as they aren't going to get paid that well either. The funny thing is that if you're going to get a masters degree you can be a Nurse Practioner. That's pretty much like being a doctor. You'd make way more money doing that than being a teacher any way.

The fact is that experience and not education is what makes a good teacher. Assuming one has the ability to teach at all. But our culture has chosen to whorship the education system and so we've shot ourselves in the foot. At least I know I'll have a Job even if Obama tanks the country. (unless the hospital has to shut down cause it has to give everything away free... oh noes!)