Reply #79: I don't understand the points you are trying to make.

[noamnety]

You seem to be claiming that vets are exempt from child development courses when they get certified to teach. That's obviously not true.

Maybe you are claiming that veterans aren't smart enough to absorb the content of the classes they take? I am not claiming that teachers are all geniuses, but I think anyone smart enough to make it through a teacher certification program is smart enough to understand that we don't succeed in a classroom by "tearing down students" or using only punishment.

I can't speak to the type of training that LT's get in the army. The NCO training we get emphasizes a bit more leadership skills than "bark orders, write people up if they are insubordinate, don't motivate, just punish." Is that what you were taught as an LT? Is that how you operated? (I'm guessing not.)