Your teachers remember when they taught your parents. You can charge at all the local stores. The closest McDonald's is 45 miles away. So is the closest mall. It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower, 42.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Trying to head off a serious teacher shortage, Georgia has embarked upon a program to lure into education people from all walks of life. Nine summer teaching academies will open this summer. Anyone with a bachelor's degree and a 2.5 grade point average and who can pass a basic skills test will be enrolled. Thirty days later, assuming they pass the course, they'll be given a provisional teaching certificate, which allows them to teach for two years before they must obtain permanent certificates. Tens of thousands of accountants, lawyers, architects and other professionals have reportedly expressed interest already.