The answer is the square root of pi.
Some so-called teachers aren't really teachers.?ÿ Possessing an impressive quantity of gray matter does not ensure having common sense.
OK Dave I do remember this one (with no error on my part);
The Gamma Function of (1/2) = sqrt of pi
JOHN NOLTON
As my prep school years were spent in the south, they had no problem teaching differentiation but drew the line at integration...
(lame attempt at humour)
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Some so-called teachers aren't really teachers.?ÿ Possessing an impressive quantity of gray matter does not ensure having common sense.
Having taken all the Education courses does not mean someone understands the subject they are teaching, or that they can perceive what the stumbling block is for a student.
I think I have the skill a good teacher needs in realizing where a student is stalled in understanding an explanation, but I know I don't have the patience needed to get them past it.
Agreed, but consider this: Some so-called __________ aren't really ___________. Fill in the blanks with any profession or occupation and you're bound to be right.
Common sense is in the eye of the beholder. Just think about such things as common sense education reform or common sense health care measures.
I have a friend who informed me that he would have no classroom problems whatsoever because he would tell his classes up front what was acceptable. When I asked him what he would do for the other 88 minutes of the class, he drew a blank.
Teaching is the hardest work I ever did in my life, and the most rewarding.
You are correct about this fitting most professions/occupations. Possessing the knowledge is only a fraction of what is needed to be effective.
My comment comes from living with a teacher who has had to deal with many "so-called teachers" over her 37 years on the job. It also comes from being in my eleventh year of service on a K-12 school board plus serving on another Board with nearly 500 employees, of which, most are teachers. One of the big faults (and this fits other professions/occupations as well) is the individual assuming their holding of a degree/license/credential makes them superior at all things compared to co-workers who don't hold that "ticket". We have all seen too many examples that disprove that assumption. Egomaniacs abound.
You are absolutely right about the bloated egos of many teachers. At the inner city school where I taught for 7 years, we had a drafting teacher who had a community college degree. She had worked for major engineering and electrical design companies and was excellent as both a practitioner and as a teacher. But some of her colleagues made her feel like a second-class citizen. And, as your wife undoubtedly would know, she remained long after those folks were gone.
At the same school, the AP Biology teacher was a retired vascular surgeon and the AP Chemistry teacher had a masters in chemical engineering from a northeastern university. They were fine with every faculty member, ever custodian, and every student.
in the math department, there were 9 of us with no prima donnas. One year, my first period class was Algebra I repeaters and my second period class was AP Calculus. Nobody was too good to teach any subject and we all knew that there were far more knowledgeable mathematicians within 10 miles of our school.
One of my favorite sports was puncturing egos. It's surprisingly easy to do and the effects linger long.
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