Originally posted by: Edso
Tom, in California, you can get a single subject teaching credential in English, which usually takes a year. After that you can take a test, the National Teacher Exam (might be called something else now) in various subjects, including Multiple Subjects, which allows the person that passes the test to teach in elementary school. Not sure of the allowances in other states beside California.
I have a Single Subject Credential is Social Studies, passed the Multiple Subjects NTE, so I can teach from K-8 in all subjects, and all social studies curriculum. I taught a self contained 6-8 class in northern California for about 5 years, where I taught my students all the subjects.
So it is possible for Kevin to be an elementary teacher during his professional career, as some of the jobs he held he could have done in addition to teaching full time. Leads to a busy career, but possible.
Edso, keep in mind that when you're talking to Jerry, you're talking to someone who's just trying to start and foment arguments, and when you're talking to Tom, you're talking to, well...a complete fucking idiot.
The system in Oregon is not unlike what you describe. Only the primary grades have the same teachers all day. Grades 3-6 move from one classroom to another, learning multiple subjects separately. And yes, we could test to qualify to teach multiple subjects. I took, and taught, the history, science, and of course English course qualifiers. I wound up teaching the first two only as a long-term substitute, now and then.
I was a tax preparer and accountant at the same time I was a teacher. I freelanced as well as had a back room at a CPA office during tax time. I was also an advantage gambler, with the amount of time I spent doing that depending on my proximity to Vegas (time-wise). Jerry and Tom may not realize that back in the day, you could make that work solely with weekend trips. You can't now.
Also. keep in mind that these two people have a pretty sick, unhealthy obsession with me, and they claim to know all about my life, with no actual information at hand one way or another.
