800 gallon classroom build

[bkvreef]

Seriously American HS has 4 years to give adult's a general idea of what's out there for them and what they could potentially like. It's just a waste of time. In England your in HS when your 11years old, in college at 15, in graduate school at 18, and professional at 22. But nothing is learned from HS in the states, everything is learned from students parents. If children did not have good role models they probably won't figure it out with our horrible school system

Wow! I wouldn't normally comment but I had to: I guess ignorance is bliss!

 

[maddmaxx]

I kinda agree with ashish, and its not about being ignorant either...where I went to highschool and almost all highschools around me, they just push students thru school. simply cause of over population. cant afford to hold kids back, so they just push them through. it really depended on the individual if they excelled or not. the actual school system was there for there cause they had to be, not so much cause they wanted to educate young minds....!

 

[maddmaxx]

That's great class and even better school for thinking outside the box. My biggest complaint with our schooling system! Teach kids the same stuff over and over again until they are 22 and expect them to pick out a career in what? algebra, history 1 and 2, english, social studies? All these courses should be left in the 8th grade (since you had almost 11 years to learn these things). If it's not interested to kids they won't learn it.

How about classes in HS for Finance(common household finance), loans and credit cards, how to get a house/mortages, world issues, local and national new, construction, medicine, pharmacy, accounting, labor work, housing projects, drug addiction, reef aquariums=), marine biology, animals of the world, planet earth, building, architecture, government jobs, infrastructure, advertising, importance of credit, people in jail, criminal justice, mechanics, general intro to different engineering, internet 101, or computer programming.

Seriously American HS has 4 years to give adult's a general idea of what's out there for them and what they could potentially like. It's just a waste of time. In England your in HS when your 11years old, in college at 15, in graduate school at 18, and professional at 22. But nothing is learned from HS in the states, everything is learned from students parents. If children did not have good role models they probably won't figure it out with our horrible school system

im originally from Keansburg, NJ myself. and all those topics that could be studied and applied in life are so DEAD on. much more helpful and useful in life then the basic routine that is still taught now.....I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!!!

 

[hobogato]

ok, it has been a while since i posted here, but it is a bit of a rebuilding year for us. i spent a few hours cleaning out some of the breeder tanks for an exciting donation that i received today

here are the tanks i prepped:

first, some fish donated for the display tank - a vlamingi tang, sailfin tang, scopas tang, butterfly and puffer

 

[hobogato]

next, the clowns

pair of breeding tomato clowns with two day old clutch of eggs - hopefully they will hatch in spite of the move

pair of gsm clowns - have never spawned

single gsm - will look for a wsm to pair with it asap

occilaris femal/black ice male - have a two day old clutch of eggs, hopefully they will hatch in spite of being moved

black ice misbar male x black ice female - not spawning

darwin female x snowflake male - newly paired (they are hiding behind the pot)

this is an occilaris pair that i picked up a while back - too young to spawn

 

[etannert]

Ace, what were you teaching before you took over the Marine Biology program and what certifications do you have? I'm a HS band director at a newer school north of Austin. I've always wondered about switching to teaching Marine Biology when I get tired of the band director lifestyle. Probably not possible since I don't have a college science major but I'm curious. Supposedly our school is starting a Marine Biology program this year and I hope it's done right!

Btw... for those of you complaining about preps - I teach percussion at 3 campuses a day, two middle schools and the high school, working with kids in grade 6-12... so preps across alllllll those grade levels, multiple bands and percussion ensembles at a time, and two Beginning Percussion classes daily... plus before and after school rehearsals most every day and a lot of Saturdays. Not more work than a "normal" classroom teacher, but definitely a different type of challenge!

 

[hobogato]

wow. they really keep you busy.

i have math and composite science certification. i started as a math teacher, then switched to biology. i had to get the composite science to switch from bio to environmental. if the rules are the same as they used to be, you can take any certificate excet exam once you are certified in something. i think you would have to have composite science to teach marine bio.

btw, i am posting updates to this system in this thread:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1698326

 

[etannert]

Yeah, it's more time on campus, but the flip side is, I don't have any homework to grade. Plus we get a stipend, just like the coaches, to make up for the time during the summer and before/after school. A good trade off for me is that because I am a percussion specialist, I have small class sizes for most of my classes (avg. 10-12), and responsibility for fewer than 100 students total across the 3 campuses. I also get to start kids in the 6th grade and keep them for all 7 years of instrumental music instruction (provided they stay in the program!).

Thanks for your insight, it was cool to find this thread this morning!