What Were Your Favorite Classes in School?
Marilyn Sue McClintock
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Comments (26)Well, the class is still running so it may be a little early to pick a favourite, but I can tell you I undeniably enjoyed and learned in the classes run by people who were the educated professionals in their areas. The first three days were a near waste of time as MG "speakers" gave us their input on their areas of "expertise". Perhaps if you know absolutely nothing about a subject a MG speaker is fabulous, but I found I knew as much - if not more - than the speaker, and I hardly consider myself an expert. Heck, I've learned far more from hanging around Gardenweb than those first talks. Plus I felt I could just as well have stuck with my local garden club without having to cough up money for the course. The only hands-on activity we have had was plant propogation and that was really fun. Has anyone else had similar experiences?...See MoreWhen you were in your last year of high school did you........?
Comments (37)I forgot to say that I graduated in 1980. I think I paid the couple hundred dollars myself. I was working at the time. One of my best friends who graduated in VA went with her class to Cancun, Mexico. She graduated 2 years after me and her parents paid thousands for her to go! Now kids go to Europe and Aruba. They also have more elborate proms, only a few "rich" kids had limos back when I was in high school. Now everyone gets one. I'm dreading the day when Lauren starts going to proms. I've already told her she'll be wearing the same dress to all of them or we'll be buying them used and cheap. And no limo....See MoreAutodidactism vs What We Were Taught at School
Comments (50)lemonhead, thanks for picking up on the research paper/project question. I find the responses very interesting and informative. I'd bet that you still remember more about Bonnie Prince Charlie than many of us ever learned. If I hadn't had a brother who loved Sir Walter Scott's Waverly and anything by Robert Louis Stevenson, I would have gone through elementary and secondary school without hearing a thing about the Jacobites. I took an anthropology class in gender language differences and found it both fascinating and dismaying. For instance, females often have a 'voice' they speak with around other females, but if a male enters an otherwise all-female group some of the gals' voices change immediately (often becoming breathier), no matter if the females are eight or eighty years old. I already knew this from observation and often found it annoying; but that it is largely an unconscious thing on the part of some females irritated me even more because I had thought it was a matter of choice, a mere affectation or a bad habit. elliottb: I'm intrigued how and why myths come to be, though the myths themselves don't interest me much. I will take a look at the 'Unhistory'. I know what you mean about anything "that holds interest" -- so in furtherance to your dilemma and mine, I will respond to woodnymph: woodnymph, I would enjoy a nonfiction thread and I would certainly contribute. Nonfiction seems to get short shrift here at RP. I know you mention the NF you read, Mary, but I'd say the "What are you reading?" thread runs something like 70/30 or 75/25 percent, favoring fiction over nonfiction. I can never keep up with all the bestselling fiction -- sometimes I have to remind myself that I'm only one person while there are dozens of people here at RP (and multitudes elsewhere) following the fiction trends. Yet nonfiction is even wider than fiction, so it's hard to comprehend that reading through post after post and there's hardly a mention of it. Maybe a thread devoted entirely to NF would bring more of it out -- I hope it would....See MoreHigh School Sport as a PE class
Comments (17)My granddaughter is a Freshman (Hillsborough County Forida public high school), her guidance counselor suggested she take her PE requirement next summer online if she does not play a sport. I had no idea what taking a PE a course online meant so I just went looking.... in case you want to see how it's done somewhere else.. Secondary Physical Education Physical Education is an essential component of the total educational experience for all high school age students. Students are required to take the Health Opportunities through Physical Education (HOPE) course as the physical education requirement for graduation. The grades 9-12 physical education experience is designed to assist students in acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to make healthy livelong decisions and to provide them an opportunity to further develop movement potentials through the selection of content specific elective courses. Grades 9-12 Physical Education Curricula and assessments are standards based and course specific. Content knowledge assessments are administered to students enrolled all physical education Physical fitness assessments are administered to students enrolled in HOPE course. Formative motor skill and content assessments may also be administered throughout the school year as necessary for the purpose of curriculum focus, lesson plan development and to assist students in developing higher levels of movement competence. Content is taught through one, two and/or three week instructional units for each content topic. The duration of instructional units varies for each content topic based on individual student needs. The HOPE course is a one (1) year physical education course which includes an integration of health education. Senate House Bill 2092 establishes criteria for exemption of the HOPE course, 1.0 credit requirement through the following waiver process: Participation in two seasons of an interscholastic sport (which includes cheerleading) at the junior varsity and varsity levels and a passing grade of “C” on the FLDOE’s Personal Fitness Exam (PFE). Completion of two years in a Reserve Officer Training Corps (R.O.T.C.) class. The PFE is administered on a single day during the November and May of each school year. Eligible 10th, 11th and 12th grade students will be informed prior to testing dates by the school administration of this opportunity. Schools will verify eligible students by confirming that they have completed two full seasons of varsity or junior varsity sports. A Test Administrator’s Manual contains the following specific course resources for students to access as study materials: Rainey, D.L. & Murry, T.D. (1997). Foundations of Personal Fitness. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing. Stokes, R. & Schultz, S.L. (1998). Personal Fitness for You. Winston-Salem, NC: Hunter Textbooks. William, C., Harageones, E., Johnson, D., & Smith, C. (2000). Personal Fitness...See MoreMarilyn Sue McClintock
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