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[Thorsmom66]

You put this well. One of the worst teachers at our HS (many parental complaints) is a MIT grad. I’m sure she would ace any test of knowledge but that would prove nothing about her teaching ability. Her intelligence and mastery of the material isn’t the issue - it is a matter of her inability to pass that knowledge on to others that is the issue.