D,

In the US all it takes is Bacelor's Degree in Eductation which can be achieved in 4 years... 124 credit hours...

In Virgina, and this may be the same in most or every state, one semester of student teaching is also required...

Now here's where it gets tricky.... The actual number of credit hours required to teach various subjects is somewhat fuzzy... My 1st degree was a Bachelors in Eductaion... I was certified to teach governemnt, history and economics at any high school in VIginia... Problem was that I only had 2 sememsters of economics with the bulk of my credits being in American History and Political Science... However, with just 2 semesters of Economices I was certified to teach it???

But I really don't think that mattersd as much as what kind of teachers we have... Some folks can teach, others can't... And teaching folks to teach was hardly on the radar when I was in college... I don't recall how many credit hours I had in eductaion but when you take away student teaching, which was around 12 credits, there weren't many eductaion credits required...

BTW, d. I really admire the way your community operates... Mine is a million miles from that level of civil-ization...

Dickey,

Either you quit calling me a "bigot" or a "racist" or I'll have Joe Offer have you investigated and bring charges against you criminally for harrassment... Pure and simple... You don't think it can happen??? Where's Martin Gibson...

John,

I didn't ***say*** that ***you***, ***John Hardly*** made that statement... Did I??? You are granstanding here with yer righteous indination...

Bobert