I've always though it was absurd to have a kid get his or her teachers certificate and just start teaching. I'd rather see someone mature, with life experience teaching because they know things outside the narrowly-delineated curriculum. My son came home a couple of weeks ago and showed me a picture he took of his class. One or two were reading, most were on their phones, and I asked "what were you supposed to be doing?" He said "nothing" - the teacher didn't have anything for them to do. I was literally speechless. How could an adult have nothing to teach a bunch of kids?