From what I remember there are 2 routes to becoming a teacher. The first is to do a 4 year teaching degree course, the second is to do a 'regular' 3 year degree and then a 1 year PGCE course.
Having gone through Uni myself I, like many of my course mates am now doing a job that bears no relation to my degree course. To me my degree is a basic measure of being able to stick at something and having a certain amount of discipline to see it through. Had I decided to go the PGCE route, my teacher training would have been 1 year, not 4 as per the other route. I therefore fail to see what all the fuss is about. Surely being in the Forces gives you the discipline, and you stick at that for a minimum of 5/6 years (someone please correct me if I am wrong)?
Having gone through Uni myself I, like many of my course mates am now doing a job that bears no relation to my degree course. To me my degree is a basic measure of being able to stick at something and having a certain amount of discipline to see it through. Had I decided to go the PGCE route, my teacher training would have been 1 year, not 4 as per the other route. I therefore fail to see what all the fuss is about. Surely being in the Forces gives you the discipline, and you stick at that for a minimum of 5/6 years (someone please correct me if I am wrong)?