[geeks] New Tech Schools: Digital Harbor in Baltimore

[wa2egp at att.net]

> Two things here :-
> 
> 1: Most people in most professions are just not very smart. We all know
>    people in IT who get promoted into management to move them out of
>    harm's way (worth another rant of course).

Only in IT?  I had a principal like that because in my school he could
do the least damage.
 
> 2: Teachers don't necessarily need to be that smart in the conventional
>    sense. After all high school subjects really aren't that difficult.
>    You need a few to tell the others how it should be done ... after
>    a few years teaching experience. 

Try an Honors couse or an AP course.

> What teachers need more than conventional 'smartness' are
> people-skills ... smart in the sense of dealing with people. The ones
> who are good there, have a better chance of being good teachers. I
> think anyway :)

That helps.  Headhunters used to go after teachers who are due to retire
because they make good salesmen. :)

Bob