Obviously I can only talk about my place of employment, but others seem to be the same way in the respect of people that work at daycares. There ARE educated people, people that truly care about children, working at daycares, but I've noticed that competent teachers are incredibly scarce, at least where I work. I'm one of three out of about 27 employees with a degree, yet my coworkers are being entrusted with massive amounts of children to educate and care for? Some people just have a knack for being teachers, but some just DO NOT get it. I really wish a degree were a MINIMUM requirement for working with kids sometimes.

For instance, we have a new baby that started this week, she's 9 months and is the cutest little thing, I love her. I have this habit of breaking stupid rules (we're not allowed in rooms while on lunch break, which is stupid, because if I have free time and don't feel like going anywhere I really love to hang out with the babies), and went into the nursery to see who was awake to play with. New baby girl was sitting in her crib, red in the face, screaming and upset while all the other babies were asleep, and the teacher that was in that room was sitting in front of the mirror picking food from her teeth. I was disturbed and angry and insisted she take new baby out of the crib and comfort and play with her...somehow the teacher was under the notion that she would be "giving in" and spoiling new baby by holding her. I'm a firm believer in the theory that you cannot spoil an infant, but even if I were not, she was the only baby awake and was seriously upset, NO NEED to abandon her! She's in a new place, with new faces, other babies, no mama, and that can really stress a little one out! Luckily, this teacher is a VERY impressionable person and my concern led to her concern and she took new baby out and held her, to which I entered the room and took her away and played with her myself :p

I also work with a 200 year old woman who has no regard for rules (I break rules but only the stupid ones...), and she has a very strong "I'm always right" personality. We can't even be in a room together because I don't put up with her crap and wind up arguing with her, haha. She always has to do what I'm doing and I get really frustrated with her. I ALSO work with some of the laziest people on the planet, who swear by the "you smelt it you change it" rule, who always seem to coincidentally have a cold with which they cannot smell.

Without the proper education, our kids go home with notes from their teachers saying "Jack and Jill was playing with a toy, and Jack wanted it so he took it and Jill bite him." NO JOKE. Honestly, some of the people I write with use that type of grossly improper grammar on a daily basis. I'm no English teacher, but I know Jack and Jill WERE playing, and Jill BIT him.

And I suppose I should end my rant here. I belieeeeve the children are our fuuuuture...so educate yourself, so that we can better educate them.