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My husband is currently running the school-of-education gauntlet here in Oklahoma. He spent 24 years in the military, much of it training 18 year olds not to break high-tech stuff worth millions of dollars, then to actually fix and use that high-tech stuff. He has a mind like a steel trap and knows more history than many of his professors of history know. But he has to keep jumping through hoops to prove he's fit to teach. He may get his teaching certificate before he's 50...he retired at 44 and started back in college the next year. He has more than 160 credit hours of college credit. He is TIRED of working two jobs and going to school, but he BELIEVES that the high schools need more conservative teachers. He believes that what he has to teach is important. IF they let him teach an alternative to the union line I'll be surprised. He's great with teenagers and can keep them in line and paying attention better than I ever believed...but will they let him TEACH? When???