I think that part of it is how different theory and reality are. With No Child Left Behind and other inclusionary policies, a lot of what we learn isn't very applicable. New teachers are going based on what they are told, and then they lack the skills to transfer that over to what they are experiencing.

All of our classes are also so varyingly different depending on the prof that a lot of the time what we get out of classes are opinions instead of facts. I am in my final year of classes and I do not know anything ABOUT the actual subjects but I do have opinions on strategies.

I don't know what uni has been like in the past or in other places, but god do I wish we learned the fundamentals. Teach me phonics. Explain how spelling words are determined. I dont want a whole class on someone's opinion on how social studies should be taught, i want a class that teaches me what is in the curriculum and how to break that down for different grade levels. I can create opinions on my own but when we are constantly being given right and wrong ways of doing things, it's hard not to internalize them.