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Originally Posted by Locke
Well...how about this? How about we split the difference?
Let the teachers teach the material and then get professionals in to answer questions. Mind you, I'd accept that this might be too much for Jr. High.
For about 10 years I did seminars with a local Family Services organization where I'd come in for a few hours and answer questions for low-income families, at-risk youth and immigrants.
And I did those for free. Because I hate seeing people get taken advantage of on the back of bad advice.
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In an ideal world, sure, it’d be great to have a professional come in to do a little talk and answer a few questions. They have different professionals in that do just that. You could probably even volunteer and see if there are any such opportunities.
But when it comes to teaching, maybe let teachers do the teaching. And maybe we shouldn’t be so quickly to mock gym teachers who, amazingly, actually have (at minimum) degrees in education, if not a masters, and can probably figure out how to teach the incredibly complex concept of things like “budgeting.”