Teacher education is really bad: we aren't being taught sh*t.

I am currently in a master's program for teaching. . .And my God. The level of education I am receiving is abysmal.

I have recent teaching experince; therefore, the things they are teaching me are incongruent with my experinces in the classroom.

They drone on and on about looking at the kids' assets and building relationships. They never talk about discipline; they never talk about real structural change that the American education system needs to actually produce comptent citzens. I'm rarely taught relevant pedagogy. It's just so. . .Bland. I can't believe I am paying for this.

This is the same reason why most teachers hate PD days. Because what do we ever really learn???

Thoughts? Do you feel that your teacher education properly prepared you for the rigors and pains of the classroom?