Zach Newton, Chapter 8, Question 2

The issue raised in this chapter about teaching licensing and certification affects my life on a daily basis because I am a student in the United States high school system. Even though I go to private school where the teachers do not have to have government certification to teach, their decision to work at a private school rather than a public school is likely influenced by the certification issue. This influence can affect what teachers actually end up or have ended up teaching me over the past thirteen years. If the government did not have such bars in place to restrict the flow of teachers into the public school job place, perhaps the teachers at private school in my life would, overall, suffer a hit in quality as the ones who did not feel like getting certified now find it easier to get hired elsewhere.