She suspended the offending pedagogue and packed him off for psychological evaluation. Only the teacher seemed to know that the questions were part of a spoof. It's one of those jokes that, like a Christmas fruitcake, never seems to go away. But as bad as the test was, the worst part of the story is that nobody seems to have considered the possibility that the teacher was pulling an imbecilic prank. America's public schools have become a disgrace because our teaching corps has fallen into disarray.
Colleges of education serve as dumping grounds for our dimmest students.
Of the 11 professional categories measured by the U.S. Department of Education, university entrants who express a preference for teaching rank dead last in Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. Four years of instruction do not improve the situation. Researcher Emily Feistritzer conducted a nationwide survey of teachers in 1990. She found that only 32 percent of recent education majors thought they were well grounded in their subjects when they began their public-school careers. But most Americans have no such freedom when it comes to educating their children.