Heath Bachelor is lost for GT...

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Taken from the hive, but apparently Heath Bachelor has decomitted from GT saying that he wants to be a teacher, and GT does not offer the major he wants. People are saying it has been speculated for a while, so not a result of the bowl game...wonder how other recruits will view it?
 
I'm not sure this is actually a done deal. There was no indication from the original poster that they read or heard anything in particular other than that he's looking at Ark and USCe. That's been known for a little while now as is his desire to teach and concern that he would have to take some classes at GSU if he came to Tech. He may very well not honor his commitment but I haven't seen that it's a done deal.

Also, we have at least one 3 star lineman who is very interested that we have been talking with so I would expect him (can't remember his name now) to get an offer if Heath decommits.
 
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......apparently Heath Bachelor has decomitted from GT saying that he wants to be a teacher, and GT does not offer the major he wants.

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When did he find out that no teaching was available at Tech?
Did he speak with Reggie Ball?
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Rivals just put an interview out on him. He said that he was visiting Arkansas and South Carolina....and that Arkansas had offered...SC expects to.

My opinion is that if he is shopping himself that we remove him from our commitment list and move on. We did not have to get an OL this year since we got 6 last year. We could also go after Devarin Geralds from Louisiana.

It is also being speculated that our coaches may have already been working under the assumption he was not going to follow through.

Remember at the beginning of the fall...our coaches said we would offer 5 or 6 OL's out there...take no more than 2 or 3...but may take zero if they cannot get the ones they want. OL was not a priority since we got 6 last year.
 
You know the irony is, is that I know several (5) GT grads that are high school teachers. Some were Mgmt majors, Physics majors, Math majors.

There must be something more to it. And it was occuring before the bowl game...
 
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There must be something more to it. And it was occuring before the bowl game...

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C'mon, you know better than that. He was just trying to be polite.
 
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You know the irony is, is that I know several (5) GT grads that are high school teachers. Some were Mgmt majors, Physics majors, Math majors.

There must be something more to it. And it was occuring before the bowl game...

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I am just going to leave this one alone...lets just say you are correct that you do not have to major in education to be a teacher.
 
As a former SA at GT, I went through the recruiting process too. I know what it's all about. There's no need to lie about changing your mind. You would just say you want to make sure you are making the right decision and that you are going to make two more visits. Then on signing day commit to one of those other schools. I guess I don't understand why he can't say that and has to blame it on the education major thing...
 
Wait a minute. If he really wants to major in education, that means he doesn't want to take Mgt or whatever and he wants to do student teaching. It's very different from anything we have at Tech. Why do we always have to assume there's some conspiracy?
 
Let me tell you, when going throught the recruiting process one of the first things you would do is see if the school offers the major you were intersted in (e.g. you don't show interest in UGAg if you want an engineering degree). I rejected Vandy, when going through the recruiting process, because they didn't have an undergraduate business degree. Why Bachelor would go all the way through the process, verbally commit, ad then renig based on the lack of an education major is bizarre to me. I don't know if there is a conspiracy but the Bachelors' have handled things poorly...
 
You do not have to major in education to teach... Ga has the "Teach for Ga" program that encourages people with other majors to go thru a quick program to qualify for teaching certification. Its in response to the shortage of good teachers. For sure the ed majors don't like it but as far as I know its still underway and I'm sure other states have something similar.
 
Yes but he could go through school with less pain at another school that will not require the math and science.
 
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Why do we always have to assume there's some conspiracy?

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I love a good conspiracy theory as much as most.
Saying that, did this kid want to prepare for being a teacher when the recruiting process began between he and Tech?
If he was dead set on that vocation, why was Tech ever in the picture, much less giving a verbal to Tech?
If so, was he lied to by a Tech recruiter? I doubt that.

If the kid has suddenly decided now that he wants to be a teacher, I should not doubt that, regardless of how fishy it sounds.

Just maybe though, he felt bad about telling his Tech recruiter "Yes", and then having a change of heart.
I think conspiracy isn't even in the ball park about a kid that tries to justify going another way by saying the nicest thing he can think of.

I'm not saying I'm right, but as you know this happens all the time before and on signing day. Nothing you can do about it now, unless try to get him back if that's what CG wants.
 
Last interview I saw with him said he was having some second thoughts, but his mind had been put at ease by Tech coaches.

However, if you want to be a teacher, there are easier ways to go about it than attend GT. He could attend South Carolina and have a good time and take some easier classes than he'd have to at Tech. GT would give him more options than SC to have a brighter future if he decides not to be a teacher. I would love for him to come here, but I don't want him to come here for a year or so and decide to transfer.

Why anyone would go to Arkansas is beyond me. Nothing there.
 
Yeah the Cocks have a very loyal if not the most loyal fans in the country, a much easier academic program to get through, and the Cock girls are pretty hot. Tough to get a kid to listen about what a GT education will do for him at the age of 18 when all of these other things are thrown in his face.
 
Let me tell you that I have been traveling to Fayetteville, AR for work and I thought that there would be nothing there either and I was wrong. It is a really neat campus. I have been to most of the ACC and SEC campuses and I think it's one of the best. Why? Wal-Mart and Tyson Chicken $. Money is pooring into that school. They just built an entire new basketball arena and gutted the football stadium and it is the nicest college stadium I have ever seen. Big things are happening in that corner of Arkansas.

However, football as an SEC member will kill Arkansas. They are fast becoming another Ole' Miss. The recruiting base is terrible in Arkansas. They cannot compete. When you only have 10 Div I players a year signing letters of intent each year from Arkansas you will never compete. Shoot Florida probably averages a couple of hundred. The Hogs would be much better served in the Big 12 where they can recruit from Texas. Now they have to look east to recruit and they are staring at Mississippi (which is just as bad).
 
Yes, you can goto Tech and become a teacher. You just have to go back and get your certificate....I'm not sure what is all involved in that process.

I don't get it, Why does the best technology school in the southeast not offer an Education Degree? You'd think with public education as bad as it is in this country (especially in math and science) we'd want to try and train and output the best math and science teachers in the nation. And even more so for GA. This state needs all the really good teachers we can get.
 
GT offers more than a mere degree in education

The advantage for going to GT is that he can double dip his degree. If he gets an engineering degree, he can choose his vocation: teacher or engineering with big pay in the latter. If he gets an education degree, he is stuck--not much call for a teaching degree in the market place.

My daughter got her degree in biomedical science. After graduating, she spent a summer getting her teaching certificate. Now she is highly marketable. She is sought after by many schools to teach physical science, math, and biology. She is equipped to enter the regular market place as well.
 
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C'mon, you know better than that. He was just trying to be polite.

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I agree with you, PW. If I had to guess - and this is purely a guess, as I have absolutely NO contacts within the AA - he thinks he has a better chance of playing for a winning program with more national recognition under someone other than Gailey. The stuff about becoming a teacher just seemed like a nicer way to let Tech down.
 
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