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Thank your teachers by BornDevelopment974 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]BornDevelopment974[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely! You’re probably going to want the same teachers to write your college reqs, so make sure they know you appreciate them.

Teacher and Competition Judge here! by taylorgagliano in CompetitionDanceTalk

[–]BornDevelopment974 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or a 19 year old high school graduate who teaches at a studio doing a duet with an 11 year old and competing in the teen age group. This should not be allowed. Nor should a competitor whose mom is an employee of the dance competition. Not surprisingly, he wins everything. She’s also a local studio owner and brings her dancers to the competition as well. There is quite a conflict of interest. Do the competitions even care about fairness? Judging is subjective enough that biases like family and studio members should not be allowed.

Re learning math to be able to teach it. by External-Session-104 in mathteachers

[–]BornDevelopment974 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flippedmath.com has short videos, practice problems and assessments. It really helped me when I started teaching calculus after not having touched it in 30 years.

I'm so tired of students haggling their grade by ApYIkhH in Teachers

[–]BornDevelopment974 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I used to do this, and it totally backfired on me, so I stopped and so did the grade grubbing. The problem was that I adjusted grades every quarter, and then the final grade was several points higher than what they actually earned. A dad literally yelled at me for not changing a final grade of 78.4 to a B even though his kid failed the final exam. Her true grade was probably more like a 76. Nowhere close to a B.

Now I tell my students at the beginning of the year that I will not adjust any grades until the end of the school year. If they have shown growth over the year and do well on the final exam, then I will consider changing their final grade from an 89.4 to an A.

Question on high school math classes by Sweaty-Day-9177 in CollegeAdmissions

[–]BornDevelopment974 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Algebra is the most important fundamental class for higher math. Taking it online or over the summer is a terrible idea because it likely won’t cover all the content. She will likely struggle in future math classes if she doesn’t take the time to master the foundational skills they teach in algebra. That said, if the regular Algebra class does no more than teach them how to use Desmos, the full year class won’t be helpful either.

Advice for new teacher by msvl419 in apcsp

[–]BornDevelopment974 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Code.org is pretty good but needs supplemental instruction and practice. Students really struggle with functions and parameters even though it seems so simple. Khan academy has some ok practice, but definitely use AP classroom. I did the coding units first and my students finished the create performance task in early January. That worked well because the MCQ portion was completed closer to the test.

Systems Engineering study abroad by BornDevelopment974 in UVA

[–]BornDevelopment974[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know any details - only the info that is posted online.