Minn. House takes up alternative teacher licensure

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=900178

This whole article frustrates me a lot. I am frustrated due to the fact that I am in college to become a trained teacher. There is much more to teaching than knowing the curriculum. For example, my father is an electrical engineer and he knows much more about math than anyone I have ever met. But the problem is he cannot teach math because he cannot relate it to children. Trust me I have asked him several question but he is always over my head. I hope that we as a nation not forget the importance of college educated teaching professionals. I also find it funny that in a time that our state, and nation is struggling to compete world wide this is our top priority. We need to get to the specific issues rather than argue political rhetoric that is really not going to help the situation that we are in now.

Why do I want to be a teacher?

There are a couple of reasons that I want to be a teacher. I will take you back in time a little bit to when I made this decision. I started out college as a marketing major and wanted nothing more to be a big shot in business. But after a year of college at SCSU I thought about what I really want to do. After careful consideration I moved back home and started coaching football at our local high school. After a day of coaching I realized the true reasons why I wanted to be a teacher. Yes, I like working with kids but it is much more than that. I want to be a teacher because I want to be part of what makes this country great. This country like all the others in the world are built on the education of others. I want to help kids that others throw to the side and forget about because they are, "different." Through my experiences of coaching I spent several hours working with EBD students and what I saw was kids who want to be part of something (football) but are afraid that I will just throw them to the side once they act out. I have learned a great deal from these kids also those experiences just verified why I want to be a Special Education teacher.

Hello

Hello my name is Andrew Heidemann and I am a student at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. I am going to school to be a Special Education teacher.