<p>No, hovering, you are wrong…unless you personally know TFA members, and their experiences. The kids who are ADMITTED to the corps (15% /37,000 this year), are high achieving students, generally from the very top schools in the US. Last year, the median GPA for these top achieving students was a 3.6. I don’t know that stat for this year as of yet. While it is certainly true that many will not become career educators, they have a great deal of intellectual capital to give to a very underserved population. It is unfortunate that just about anyone can become a teacher, today. It doesn’t matter where you go to college, or even if you have achieved a 2.0 in you major, let alone your overall GPA. This is never the case with someone being trained by TFA . They will always be very intellectually grounded in their disciplines, as well as eager to help kids who are not much younger than themselves. They also go through several strenuous rounds of interviews and testing. They must become certified though highly respected institutions; they must take education classes during their tenure with TFA, and MANY get master’s degrees during that period. By the time they are finished with the program, they have become highly skilled teachers, armed with their outstanding undergraduate experiences, and extraordinary support and instruction from TFA…which by the way is part of Americorps. Why not try giving back? It might turn you into a more fulfilled person.</p>