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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 18:47:53 GMT -5
So, its time to 'plan' high school. Or at least come up with a general framework. I'm doing a lot of reading right now, trying to break up tomes on formal transcript crafting with chapters from Teenage Liberation handbook...
I'm looking to combine must have skills, general knowledge basics, work and life prep with some time left for personal passions...
So, what do you think are the most essential lessons you learned/ kids today should learn, in those transitional years from kidhood to launch...
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Post by Shooby on Jun 23, 2013 18:51:23 GMT -5
Have more fun. Work hard and be serious but give yourself permission to live in the here and now.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 18:56:38 GMT -5
So, what do you think are the most essential lessons you learned/ kids today should learn, in those transitional years from kidhood to launch...
Life & living is what it is....You need to not only understand how to deal with it but you sometimes need to overcome what it throws at you.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 21:42:13 GMT -5
You are building your transcript from Semester 1. Although a lot of colleges will only look at the last half, your GPA will never get better if you bomb your freshman year. You don't have to be rocket science material, but do what it takes to get an A/B average.
The other thing is that colleges want to know re about your interests. They don't care about HOW MANY clubs you belonged to. They want to know how passionate you were about your interests. So pick a few and go all the way with them. It is much better to find ONE club that you care passionately about (you can write about it in an essay or talk about it in an interview . . . it pays off in multiple ways) as opposed to several that you just "belong" to.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 21:47:35 GMT -5
I think it is important to continue the exposure to the sciences, the arts, and literature. Somewhere in there is your kid's future passion and it would be a shame if he didn't find it for lack of exposure to it. Also there is information in there that I have used my whole life. It is really amazing how often the basics come up in general conversation.
Another one that GW is taking that I think is great is called careers. I don't know the details of the curriculum but it is supposed to help them identify interests. I'd like it to also talk about salary ranges etc.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 22:05:15 GMT -5
I thought I'd do careers and preparation. Have him take apptitude tests, make a master listofinterests, research education, job outlooks and $, and then narrow and go on 5-6 job shadows...
Biology, Algebra 1, English...
but so much of what shoob and tex said are important, but hard to write up in a class description or transcript...
Stuff I most want to make sure he learns, how to identify good sources, identify bias, fallacy, research... That will all have to be worked into 'proper subjects' I guess....
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Post by genericname on Jun 24, 2013 14:35:11 GMT -5
I think it would be great to teach how to manage money in real life. How to budget, the true cost of things, pay yourself first, the pitfalls and advantages of debt, managing through lean times, etc. I also wish I would have learned basic homemaking skills: how to hem a pair of pants, sew on a button, basic cooking skills, house upkeep, that sort of thing. Sounds like boring stuff, but it is some stuff they haven't taught in schools in a long time. Some people get it at home, but I sure didn't!
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Post by 973beachbum on Jun 24, 2013 14:49:05 GMT -5
I think it would be great to teach how to manage money in real life. How to budget, the true cost of things, pay yourself first, the pitfalls and advantages of debt, managing through lean times, etc. I also wish I would have learned basic homemaking skills: how to hem a pair of pants, sew on a button, basic cooking skills, house upkeep, that sort of thing. Sounds like boring stuff, but it is some stuff they haven't taught in schools in a long time. Some people get it at home, but I sure didn't! I don't know about the lean times part, but everything else is taught in HS today. NJ requirements include something called fincial literacy and ties which is a combination of using things like MS word and writing resumes etc. My DD is also taking a cooking class next year. She would rather be pocked in theeye than take a sewing class but I know they have that also. I am pretty sure from the kids going home at the end of the day it includes things like making curtians. Writing reports was covered more in English. The science classes went over the actual science but as far as I know not reading scientific papers. How could someone know what is fallacy research if they haven't learned the basics of the subject first? One of my DD's favs ended up being Latin. it helped her with English way more than she expected.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 14:56:39 GMT -5
I mean to teach basic types of fallacy in logic and how to identify them, and bias. I do think cooking and finance, etc are important too.
Son doesn't like Latin, but I told the kids when they finish Rosetta Stone Latin II, they can move on to whatever language they want.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 15:43:45 GMT -5
Are you home schooling, Oped. While our students have choices, education is basically 4 x 4 (four years in each core subject). They have room for two electives each year, but some of those are dictated . . . a business application class, a year (or maybe two) of physical education, a fine arts elective, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 15:50:20 GMT -5
Yes, we are homeschooling. I went over my idea for a schedule/transcript with him today... He was not exactly enthused, lol... It will be an adventure I'm sure.
Actually, the only things he wasn't keen on were discussing books he's read and speeches. He is not a people person. However I think he needs to at least work minimally on these skills....?
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Post by grumpyhermit on Jun 24, 2013 15:55:00 GMT -5
Do your kids have any idea what they want to do?
I mean even within the traditional framework there are choices, or there were when I was in school, and the difference was usually the difficulty.
For me it was Math 4 years - (Alg. 1, Geo., Alg. 2, Pre-Calc.) I was surprised when I got to college Calc. and most students seemed to have a horrific lack of basic algebra.
Science 4 years - Bio., Chem., Physics.
English - 4 years - all College prep type stuff.
Language - 3 years of Latin. I bailed on year four and kind regret it now.
Electives - can't really remember but; Intro. to Psych, Art, Computer Science, History (this may have actually been required but there was World and American).
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Post by tskeeter on Jun 24, 2013 16:08:45 GMT -5
Oped, I think that there are a couple of basic objectives with high school. Guide your child so they get a well rounded education. Technical skills, such as math, chemistry, and English. Life skills, such as personal finance, basic meal preparation, and basic mechanics. And some "softer" skills relating to music, art, literature, history, and the like. (My MIL claims she learned European history while reading historical romance novels.) A foreign language, especially Spanish, would be a wonderful addition to a high school education. I see a language as the doorway to discussions of foreign culture, world history, economic conditions and lifestyle in other countries.
And guide them toward the career path this is most appropriate for their personality. If your child is going to college, a more college prep orientation would be in order. If you've got a real hands on child who likes to build and repair things, an education more oriented toward the trades might be a better fit. With explanations that plumbers, electricians and auto mechanics use math, and maybe some chemistry, every single day. For the artistic child, course work that expands and helps them understand and use their artitic talents. Like the fellow who assembled an absolutely stunning array of plantings for our yard that provides a constantly changing pallet of colors during the spring and summer and interesting textures and shapes during the winter. Accountants don't do color, patterns, and texture very well. We'd have all the yellow plants in the first row, all of the blue plants in the second row, the orange and red plants in the third row and the big green plants in the back. Everything would bloom at once and look very disciplined the rest of the year. If you're really into corn fields, I guess the accountant's approach to landscaping might work for you. But, even for an accountant, it leaves a lot to be desired. We just can't figure out how to do it so it looks good.
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 24, 2013 16:37:58 GMT -5
Having awkwardness and learning how to deal with it is pretty important. I think falling for a teacher is pretty standard. I hope you don't have this problem.
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Post by Regis on Jun 24, 2013 17:23:25 GMT -5
The best education I got while in high school came from my parents, not teachers at the school.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 17:27:21 GMT -5
What did they teach you Regis?
I homeschool for a reason, I don't want to just replicate what the kids would get in school... That said, I don't want them to lack the basics necessary to go to college if that is their choice...
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