[BJungNan]

If a couple of public school teachers I know are any indication of the competancy level, any idiot is qualified.

Really, after they get over their bellyaching about how underpaid they are for nine months of work at "only" $60,000 per year ("people just don't realize how hard it is to teach") and look at what they actually know...well, a rock comes to mind.

[F16Fighter]

"If a couple of public school teachers I know are any indication of the competancy level, any idiot is qualified."

Same here...

The evidence suggests the NEA may even be recruiting "teachers" from various mental asylums. Apparently "credentials" from an institution is considered a "plus."