This year, thanks to a new Florida law, high school students can now satisfy both their arts and physical education credits if they're in marching band for two years.
For all the former and current band kids, would you agree?
So last year my son was bullied relentlessly upon entering high school. It affected him so drastically that his confidence took a complete nosedive that never fully recovered. I had to pull him out of school because he refused to go. I moved him from NY to my old high school in NJ (with my parents) for the rest of the school year, where he encountered no further issues. I found and applied my son to a charter school for the following year, and things were looking great at first.
At the end of the school year, I moved him back up to NY. My parents are moving and so he cannot continue in NJ. I waited to hear from the charter school for next steps. When I did, the woman was strangely cold as she informed me that because of block scheduling in NJ, my son was short 2 courses and would not be able to enter the 10th grade. She said that she would get back to me regarding alternative options, but somehow I knew that I'd never hear from her again, and I never did. The problem is that this woman appears to "run" the entire charter school, even though she is not even the principal. She seems to have developed some kind of vendetta against me as well. When I called back I found out from someone else that the charter school offers makeup courses that would resolve our issue, something the woman never mentioned. That person said that they would get back to me. That person never did.
I briefly tried to get in touch with the public school, but they were similarly apathetic and unresponsive, and my son has no interest in setting foot in the building anyway.
At this point I feel completely abandoned by the school system. If I do nothing I will be forced to home school my son, which I am willing to do even as a single mother who works full time. But can I at least make a complaint so this never happens to anyone else again? And to whom? Is there any option I haven't thought of? Please help.
My goal is to eventually work in k12 administration. I plan on majoring in education then getting my teaching license. I'm not sure if I want to work as a principal or assistant principal but that might be because I did research into these roles. I'm not sure what else is out there. My skills lie in english, reading, writing, presentations, and basic admin skills.
If yes, then prove me wrong 😭😭
I recently built Next Dollar, a 90-minute financial literacy course for teens, and I’m looking specifically for middle and high school teachers to test it and give me honest feedback.
My long-term goal is to make it usable in classrooms, so I’d really value an educator’s perspective.
If you’re interested, comment or message me and I’ll give you a free access code.
Full disclosure: this is a course I created and normally sell, but access is completely free for testers.
The world feels increasingly fractured because we don't put enough emphasis on empathy and emotional intelligence. We don't need more highly intelligent people in positions of power who lack the ability to understand or care about how their decisions affect others. A leader or business owner can generate revenue while still causing serious harm to society, the environment, and the people who work for them.
We shouldn't be surprised that society struggles when schools do so little to develop empathy, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal skills.
If we consider ourselves an intelligent society, we should be able to recognize this. Intellectual ability alone clearly isn't enough to solve complex social problems.
We keep repeating the same patterns while expecting different outcomes.
The world already has abundant resources, yet some people accumulate far more than they need while prioritizing themselves over the wellbeing of others. Education could play a much larger role in developing people who understand the consequences of that behavior.
And when people say, "Parents should teach this," I have to ask: what about the parents who were never taught these skills themselves?
We will really look back and think "Wow, they really thought that teaching kids only math and history would make them good citizens?"
During my freshmen and sophomore year I took Honors spanish 2 and 3. I am wondering if I should take Honors Spanish 4 for my junior year or if I should swap that for a (virtual) AP Cybersecurity course on a website called VHS. This website is for courses that aren’t given on school, so all our work for this class is done on chromebooks with a virtual teacher.
I want to be a STEM major (likely engineering) or do something with physics and astronomy. My mom is telling me to drop spanish to take an AP cybersecurity course. I honestly am stumped.. what will colleges like to see better?
Background info: This year I’m taking Honors Physics, Honors Precalc, APUSH, AP Lang, AP Env. Sci, AP Comp Sci Principles, and IDK IF I SHOULD DO SPANISH OR VHS COURSE BECAUSE I LIKE THE GPA BOOST OF ANOTHER AP COURSE BUT DONT COLLEGES LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN 2 YEARS OF LANGUAGE?? HELPP
I’ve also been learning chinese for 7 years, gone to actual chinese schools aswell, so idk if that makes a difference!!
I’m not sure which course college would like to see more 😔 I also like the gpa boost of another AP but at the same time i feel like 3 years of language might be important
PLS HELP
