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LETTERS, Page 6Teaching as a Second Career
I'm a certified public accountant who defected to teaching in
mid-career (EDUCATION, Feb. 13). I agree that some educators are
prejudiced against people like me because of our lack of formal
teacher training, but these critics have never entered my classroom
and have no idea what my instruction methods are. The students
know. One of mine asked, "You didn't take any of those
teacher-training courses, did you?"
"No," I said. "Is that bad?"
"It's good," she replied. "Your classes are interesting."
I teach accounting, so I consider that quite a compliment.
Roger A. Gee, Assistant Professor
Mesa College
San Diego
The experts make it sound as if those of us who have been in
the education profession from the start live in a vacuum and can't
offer the "life experiences" that mid-career people can. I've been
teaching for 19 years, and I guarantee a fresh, vital lesson to my
students every day.
Edward Lee Gift
Hagerstown, Md.