is liberal or "strange". I understand there are small
conservative towns in California. I'm just not in one of
them. Maybe I was too harsh. It's just been hard for me to
find teachers in my area with my conservative viewpoint.

Didn't mean to slam California. I've been here a long time
so I must not hate it! So if I offended anyone, I'm sorry.
As far as humanistic teaching, do you understand what that
is? Anyway, that's for another time.

This is just my opinion. Thanks for letting me share.

On 6/27/09, Judy2/CA wrote:
> Before I moved to CA 25 years ago with my new husband I
> was told not to go
> by several of my coworkers because "they're all
> heathens out there and spend all their time in hot
> tubs." Well, we do have a "hot tub" but
> we're too busy to use it! I think people's images of CA
> come from TV. I live in a town of 100,000 surrounded by
> ag fields. It's as conservative here is at was in my
> midwestern town but maybe just a tad more open-minded.
> We get student teachers from several different colleges
> and I haven't noticed any strange ideas from anyone.
> They seem to adjust to our district's No Child Left
> Untested mantra!
>
> On 6/27/09, Ask a Californian wrote:
>> California is a dichotomy. Yes, it is liberal-in
>> large metropolitan areas mostly. The valley and
>> southern California is very conservative. For example
>> look at Prop. 8. The conservative vote prevailed in
>> California. Even Iowa is more liberal on the gay
>> marriage issue than California.
>>
>> I live and work in the "liberal" San
>> Francisco area. I've had student teachers. I haven't
>> seen "humanistic ideology" coming from the
>> colleges nor have I seen student centered teaching as
>> opposed to teacher directed. What I have seen is
>> student teachers approaching teaching trying various
>> methods-group work, multisensory approaches, use of
>> technology, etc. California credentialing is very
>> strict-just ask anyone who has come from out of
>> state. My school district-a large diverse district in
>> the SF bay area-is very careful to avoid becoming a
>> "jump on the latest fad" district-as I
>> think most districts are. We're pretty mainstream.
>>
>> It's interesting to me that people across the country
>> assign labels to California without seeing first hand
>> what really goes on here.
>>
>>
>> On 6/26/09, Good choice! wrote:
>>> I'm originally from Oklahoma and wish I could go
>>> back. California has been my home for a long time
>>> but it's just too "out" there for me. I'm
>>> more small town, conservative. I've also read
>>> articles about how California's teaching colleges
>>> are pushing humanistic ideology, student-centered
>>> teaching rather than teacher directed. I just have
>>> a different philosophy.
>>>
>>> Oh boy, wait to see what others post after reading
>>> this! lol
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/26/09, Casey LE wrote:
>>>> My husband and I have decided to stay in Texas. I
>>>> can't believe it's that bad in California right
>>>> now. I really didn't realize the extent to which
>>>> California is messed up financially.
>>>>
>>>> My husband said we may try again in a few years,
>>>> altho it seems to me as if Texas is just all
>>>> around better and sounder than California.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6/24/09, No jobs in CA sorry nfm wrote:
>>>>> On 6/19/09, Novalee wrote:
>>>>>> On 6/19/09, Casey LE wrote:
>>>>>>> So my husband is a lawyer and he REALLY
>>>>>>> wants to move to California to be with his
>>>>>>> family. We currently live in Dallas, Texas.
>>>>>>> I am fully certified in Texas and have
>>>>>>> taught 2 years. I do not want to move
>>>>>>> unless I have a job, and I've heard it is
>>>>>>> REALLY bad.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What is the job situation like? We'd be
>>>>>>> targeting the Riverside, San Bernardino,
>>>>>>> Corona, Rancho Cucamonga, Inland Empire
>>>>>>> area.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My certification is ESL/Middle School/4-8
>>>>>>> and I've taught 6th Grade math for the past
>>>>>>> 2 years.
>>>>>> Ditto to sounds like a bad idea! I'm a
>>>>>> special ed teacher in New Mexico and applied
>>>>>> and received a license from Cal last year. I
>>>>>> have ESL endorsements in both states and
>>>>>> speak Spanish. I've been on Edjoin.org for
>>>>>> over a year and was interviewed for one
>>>>>> position in all of that time. Beside that,
>>>>>> there are waivers on my license that require
>>>>>> me to repeat my level 1 training over again
>>>>>> in their state because they don't like the
>>>>>> training I got in NM. Think twice and three
>>>>>> times before leaping!

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