B
you know, about something. But, uh, still I, I questioned the ability of some of the teachers to, uh, really do a bang-up job, and yet others I know are just wonderful.
A
Well, I heard a, a frightening thing. Actually, I didn't hear it. It was told to me or suggested to me, uh, that to work as a teacher in the public school systems in the state of Texas, and I think it's similar in, in many other states, if you have a degree in a technical field you do not need a teaching certificate because there is such a shortage --
B
Huh.
A
-- of, uh, people to teach math and sciences. And somebody said, well, you know, you could go in and, and substitute teach at seventy-five dollars a day and there's always going to be, you know, somebody having a need for a math or science teacher. I thought, Christ, they're letting me in, --
B
Yeah.
A
-- to, you know, this would be, this would be frightening. I don't know anything about it.