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I was taking education classes late in college considering what's known as an alternative certification, which is actually quite similar in structure for TfA, the difference being of course is that the teachers are TRAINED IN EDUCATION.

I had a late class and overlapping the end was a TfA class next door for people who were currently teaching. We did some joint work occasionally and I could almost always at least hear what was going on in their sessions. It was far more like going to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting than a class. Students basically sat and traded horrible stories every day for at least half the class or more. There was very little instruction in proper discipline. I'd say 25% were not visibly overwhelmed by their teaching jobs and almost all of them were involved with education or they were psych majors who had been heavily involved in schools.