Yesterday, I wrote how John Kasich, Republican candidate for governor, appeared to be disrespecting the teachers in his town of Westerville, Ohio (see post below). Today, I present another video that shows John Kasich talking about how Bill Gates couldn't teach in Ohio because he doesn't have a certificate:
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(If Bill Gates doesn't have a teaching certificate, he shouldn't be teaching. Not everyone should or could be a teacher.)
Is John Kasich suggesting that a person should not need a teaching certificate to be able to teach in Ohio? If that is what Kasich is promoting, I have a few things to explain to him. Men and women go into education because they want to teach. When you major in education in college, you take certain classes that provide teaching methods and techniques, child development classes, child psychology, and courses on the theories of education. These courses help prepare the teacher with a good foundation for the classroom.
Even though Kasich thinks that anyone can teach, he is absolutely wrong. Sure, he had a cushy "teaching" job at OSU. According to the Daytondailynews, "...Kasich was paid $50,000 a year for roughly one to four visits a month..." Kasich even managed to get one of his buddies a job w/OSU at $20,000/yr. Of course, Kasich worked with gifted students in a special program. He had a super arrangement for little effort on his part.
Through the years, as a member of Congress, Kasich voted down improvements to education, tried to eliminate loans/scholarships/grants for college students, and pushed to cut major programs like Head Start. Kasich has never been a friend to public education and has continued his efforts to chop, cut, and destroy the gains that we've made over the years.
An article in the Dispatch, showed that Kasich has maintained his contacts with former Lehman colleagues. You should also know that one of Kasich's closest friends and member of his campaign staff is a lobbyist for education programs that could be used online. Robert Klaffky, according to the JLEC, is a lobbyist for a number of companies/associations including Altair Learning Management and IQ Innovations, LLC.