I really want to go to UCLA or UC Berkeley. I’ve always been in a advanced math program ( now eighth grade in geometry) and I also maintain a GPA of 3.8 to 4.0. But this year I got 2 F’s and a few D’s or C’s on some tests/quizzes in math. My GPA is still around 3.8 but does that mean I might not be able to go to either of those colleges?

You’ll be fine. You seem like someone who is focused (perhaps even too much) on doing well in school and as such you’ll be able to work harder to bring those grades up. Also, you’re in 8th grade and taking geometry, you’re well ahead of where most 8th graders are and colleges will recognize this and be lenient on any poor grades you receive. Aside from that, 8th grade really doesnt matter except for placements in high school, colleges wont look at your grades that early, nevermind a few bad test scores, hell they dont even really pay attention to freshmen year!

My son is going to the 6th grade and I want him to go to a really good Middle School in Detroit. It can be a public school or private, give me both options. Id rather a public school due to financial problems .

No offense, but why does it matter? It’s middle school, it doesn’t even count on your son’s GPA or anything to do with education.

If you mean safety wise, then I dont know sorry.

What percent of elementary school teachers are male?
What percent of middle school teachers are male?
What percent of high school teachers are male?

Do you mean nationwide or in a specific state?

Who is a retired MD.

I am analogizing your situation to that of the sower in the parable found in the three synoptic Gospels.

The Parable of the Sower is a parable of Jesus according to all of the Synoptic Gospels (at Mark 4:1-20, Matthew 13:1-23, and Luke 8:1-15) as well as in the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas (Thomas 9). In the parable, a sower dropped seed on the path, on rocky ground, and among thorns, and the seed was lost; but when seed fell on good earth, it grew, yielding thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Sower

At that age, the students haven’t become so hardened and cynical that they have lost the ability and the will to be receptive to new ideas and new experiences. If you can inspire them to look at the world in a new way, observing, measuring and recording what is all around them and then asking why things happened that way, you will have made a major breakthrough.

Odds favor most of your students not pursuing the ideas that you planted in their heads, but a few will. If even a few look at the world differently and see the awe and beauty of it and ask those pesky questions, you will have done your job.

The notions may not all lead to science careers, but education should be more than a preparation for earning a living.

A friend of mine is a PhD.D. psychologist at the University of Nevada, Reno. One of his jobs is helping screen prospective candidates for their medical school. As he tells it, the applicants all fall into four categories.

These are the superstars. Those you accept and hope that they will elect to go there. The obvious rejection candidates are sent a nice rejection letter. They have to accept the Nevada residents who apply and meet the schools standards. The rest of the applicants are right on the border, with twenty or so competing for ten open seats every year. What my friend does is invite the applicants and their spouses or SO to come dine with him and his wife on the veranda of their house, which overlooks like Tahoe. He always manages to remark upon the beauty of the sunset over the lake. If the applicant is as impressed as most people are at the splendor of the sun setting on Lake Tahoe, my friend reacts favorably. But if the applicant doesn’t pay much attention to that lovely sight and keeps on yammering away on why he would be a good doctor, my friend will have scratched him off his list as someone who can’t see the forest for the trees which would make him a cold, uncaring physician.

The sense of wonder, if developed properly, does not go away. Mine was largely developed in the Boy Scouts where I had a good chance to get up close and personal with nature. My sense of wonder has never left me.

Ten years ago I was invited to speak in Victoria, Texas, which is south of Houston. On the way back home, I saw the most remarkable light show in the heavens. About five miles to the east of me, there was a powerful, but stationary thunderstorm. I was in the moonlight. The moon illuminated the storm so that I could see it in all of its glory while still being dry and safe. It was a spectacular sight. It reminded me of something that C.B. De Mille might have made.

Last weekend it rained all Friday night, all of Saturday and Sunday until about four in the afternoon. Then the sky cleared and the sun came out. I was outside reading a book in my chaise lounge when I glanced over at our wooden fence and noticed a beautiful sight. The well soaked pine planks of our fence were emitting what looked like steam as the warm afternoon sunlight streamed on them. I dashed into the house to get my camera and asked my wife to come outside to see it. Pine planks steaming in the bright daylight is something that one rarely sees.

That sense of wonder in me was developed by teachers and Scoutmasters.

Good luck!

Try to go on the school website and see if they have information about lockers. This question is a little too specific for many of the people on this website who more than likely go to that school.

http://ewcsd.org/schools/ewmiddle/assets/Student%20Planner.pdf

Try that website link. It’s a link to the school’s Student Planner which should tell you if there are lockers or not.

okay so here’s my problem… i graduated with a business admin undergrad degree with like a 2.3 gpa which i believes disqualifies me for the TAPP Program.. my SAT score was over 1000 and i have passed the GACE subject test (middle school mathematics) what should i do next? do i have to go back to school and get a masters?
again not qualified for tapp

Go to the County’s website you want to apply in. Google dekalb county public schools, Atlanta city public schools, Fulton county…clayton…Cobb…gwinnett. In the career/employment section look for the area that has alternative teaching route. Some schools use TAPP. Here’s the tapp website: www.gapsc.com/EducatorPreparation/TFG.asp… fill out the application on the county’s website for the district you want to apply to. Also contact the HR dept.

Have you been to any of the school district’s websites? Because every school does not require a 2.5 GPA under TAPP. I was trying to get certified but decided to go back to get my masters.

I found most of them to be sarcastic, miserable, vain, and downright rude… some of them borderline psychotic.

But for some reason, when I hit high school, things were totally different. I can honestly say that I enjoyed most of my high school teachers.

Am I off my rocker?
It’s true, elementary and middle school teachers have to deal with annoying little brats, but don’t forget that high school teachers have to deal with hormonal teenagers.

I’d have to agree with you on your summarising. Be nice though; consider what has happened to them to make them that way. I for one would never be a mid-school teacher; I believe it would possibly be one of the worst jobs to have. I also had teachers that possibly belonged in mental health care wards but somehow managed to scrape through. Think of it as a lesson in life.

I’m really good at algebra, adv. algebra and trig. but am struggling a little with calculus. Should I be rethinking my major? I want to teach middle school math.

No, in fact many middle school teachers have poor math skills and no interest in improving them. You’ll need calculus, but you don’t need to teach it, so as long as you’re solid in the others you should be OK. And it will be nice to have a teacher who enjoys math – none of mine did before high school.

I’m putting together some movies to show in a class of middle schoolers. Stumbled across this one, and although it’s rated PG-13, I wanted to make sure it would be appropriate to show in a school environment.

its a good one enjoy! ur students will lovee its a classic well not really but yea w.e

I am 14 in 8th grade preparing to talk to my whole youth group 6-8th grade about making good, Godly choices this coming school year. I am a little stuck right now. Any help would be really appreciated and will not only help me, but my fellow middle schoolers i will be speaking to.

Tell them about how special and unique they are and that all their choices would lead to success in life, they need to try to follow their dreams as much as possible. If they are involved with sporting activities, encourage them to continue. Also make sure that they always do have a choice, making the right choice is difficult but they need to learn to make good ones by first of all following instinct and rules. Using Positive energy and following your conscience is also very helpful in making good decisions.