I call bullshit
My mum went to teacher training college in the 60s and is retiring this year as a much-loved and well-respected headteacher. She still gets ex-pupils (now grown up with kids of their own) visiting her to tell her how much she changed their lives etc. etc. I'm not a teacher, though almost everyone else in my family is, but I do have a degree which by your reasoning would make me better qualified than the rest of them. I know I would be a terrible teacher, which is why I work with computers instead.

I can sort of see where you're coming from but broad generalisations like this aren't helpful.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:15, 1 reply)

I second your call...
... on several grounds.

One of them is this bit:

it means they essentially stopped studying a subject at any depth at the age of 18 (or 17 here in Scotland.)

If you're in Scotland, and visiting Scottish schools, then why not say "17 (or 18, in other countries)" or just "17"? It would look nonsensical if somoene from England had written:

it means they essentially stopped studying a subject at any depth at the age of 17 (or 18 here in England.)

Just very fuzzy thinking, or perhaps a touch of the cringing Scot syndrome.

Oh, and on the less annoying but more pertinent points:
1. Primary teachers are generalists for a reason.
2. It is ridiculous to state that you have visited 200 primary schools in 6 months to the extent that you are able to infer a causation or even correlation between individual teachers' educational backgrounds and their ignorance; it is far more ridiculous still to add a further link to their general teaching ability.

In short, complete nonsense with a bit of national insecurity thrown in.
(snopesthetruth, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 12:59, closed)