[ RadSafe ] Re: dumbing down-raDSAFE TRAINING

[DWard67262 at aol.com]

Although paying teachers more is a fine idea, and I'm sure would be 
appreciated by the teachers, I don't believe that low teachers salaries is the root 
cause. From what I learn in discussions with teachers, they all say basically the 
same: they teach the drivel that is given them by the educational system. 
They may know better, but they are forced to propagate the poppycock. 

I ha a major falling out with my boss a year ago on a mercifully short 
teaching assignment. He had asked me to teach a class in Radworker 1&2, and I told 
him that I would be glad to but that I would not teach material that I knew was 
incorrect. He really threw a tantrum. The  lecture notes and power point 
presentations indicated, among other things, that " neutrons were electromagnetic 
radiation with a charge of plus two units and a mass of four".  We didn't 
break this deadlock gracefully. I refused to teach material which I knew was 
totally false. 

Dave Ward