Should teachers have reasonable English and Maths skills?

[youngmafbog]

I'm surprised at all the furor. Surely we need to have the best teachers to get the best out of our future generation? We need to be able to give our kids the chance to get on and compete with the world and to do that we need the best teachers.

Mind you, gym teachers will be b*ggered !

Oh, and we need to give the teachers back the classrooms with protection and respect.

[Bazile]

^^^^^^
is this motre evidence for a sarcastic indicator on AB ?

[Bazile]

That was in response to em10's post

[vetuste_ennemi]

If you're as old as I am, Factor, you may remember Peter Simple in the DT who gave us (among other great satirical creations) Bog Lane Secondary Modern, Dr. Spacely Trellis the go-ahead bishop of Bevindon, and the Shirley Williams Mea Culpa "We are all guilty, we are all to blame".

[sandyRoe]

Alistair Campbell's words not mine. If schools are to be warehouses to contain kids in the time between the nursery and the dole queue are the teachers qualifications that important?

[factor-fiction]

Before my time,v_e. I recall Tony Blair using the phrase but i'll have to check

[factor-fiction]

Alistair Cambell

[emmie]

bazile, not sure about the point you made? but if that was Alistair Campbell's response then surely his boss at the time would have been rather put out, wasn't his mantra, education, education, education..

[sandyRoe]

Wasn't Campbell saying that they were to become a thing of the past?

http://www.guardian.c...policy-schools-labour

[zebo]

"Some of the best teachers are those that possess the lowest qualifications but are superior at getting the message across and instilling enthusiasm."

Very true pdq1 and the reverse is also true, in fact I would say is more common, the teacher with the excellent qualifications is often unable to communicate with pupils who struggle with their subject. If there is something at which you excel, without having to struggle, it's sometimes hard to see how someone else may be having difficulty in learning.