I finally was found not guilty by the bureaucratic organization called the Ontario College of Teachers (after having had to prove my innocence). The oppressive process was at an end. However, since I was informed by one of the vocational counsellors that it would be difficult even to get on the substitute teachers’ list, and I was receiving disability benefits, I decided to not engage any further in trying to teach in schools.
Many on the left, of course, do not even address concretely the oppression of the bureaucracy of “public services.” Indeed, I recently (September 25, 2023) attended a rally at Queen’s Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to resist the privatization of health care in Ontario. Although I certainly believe that the public health services that we have is preferable to privatized health services, there was evident no criticism at all of the limitations of public health care. Just as social reformers or social democrats idealize collective bargaining, they also idealize “public services.” The left have such a lack of capacity in critical thinking that it will be necessary to become even more critical of their idealizing tendencies in order to expose their limitations.
Ontario College of TeachersWed 2015-06-17 7:49 AMFred Harris
Application No. 653493
E-mail: arbeit67@hotmail.com
Your application for a licence to teach in Ontario has been accepted
We are pleased to confirm that your qualifications meet our requirements for membership in the Ontario College of Teachers.
Our evaluation of your credentials is valid until August 1, 2015 during which time you must complete the registration process by paying the annual fee. If your fee is not received by this date, your file will be closed.
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Your qualifications are for teaching in the Intermediate and Senior divisions-French as a Second Language and History. You have also been granted the Additional Qualification Special Education, Part 1 (Equiv).
You may also be eligible for an Additional Qualification in Reading, Part 1 (Equiv) based on EDUB 7060 Curriculum, Teaching and Learning-Seminar and Practicum in Clinical Diagnosis and Remediation completed at University of Manitoba.
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Please note that as of September 1, 2015, Ontario’s teacher education program will change. The four-semester program with an increased practicum of 80 days will include an enhanced focus in areas such as special education, how to teach using technology and diversity. As a result of these changes, new teacher education program requirements for certification will also take effect as of September 1, 2015.
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