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ASR Alumni Interview
Ursus:
--- Quote from: "Whooter" ---From the interview:
What was your favorite academic class? Why?
I would say that my favorite classes at ASR were the two college classes that I took. A teacher from a local community college came to ASR and taught about 10 of us. It was a great experience because even though we were in such a small high school, I was still able to take some high level classes.
I think this is great, I wasnt aware they had a community college close by that could provide college level classes. This is one of the advantages of homeschooling also. If your child excels in a specific area they can take college courses in high-school. Being in your typical public school this is difficult to do.
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Really? When I was in public school, not a few kids in the upper classes took courses *AT* a local university. This was a regular, 4-year, fully accredited and academically respected institution of higher learning, not some community college.
If you know anything at all about community colleges, you know that a lot of their instructors are not full-time. They teach on the side of another career to bring in some extra bucks, or they are between jobs. It probably wasn't too difficult to find an instructor to come to the Academy at Swift River to teach a course; ASR probably just put ads up on bulletin boards at whatever community colleges were in their local area. Judging from a map, I'd even guess it was Greenfield. It probably cost ASR all of $1000 for the whole term.
Whooter:
--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---
--- Quote from: "Whooter" ---From the interview:
What was your favorite academic class? Why?
I would say that my favorite classes at ASR were the two college classes that I took. A teacher from a local community college came to ASR and taught about 10 of us. It was a great experience because even though we were in such a small high school, I was still able to take some high level classes.
I think this is great, I wasnt aware they had a community college close by that could provide college level classes. This is one of the advantages of homeschooling also. If your child excels in a specific area they can take college courses in high-school. Being in your typical public school this is difficult to do.
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Really? When I was in public school, not a few kids in the upper classes took courses *AT* a local university. This was a regular, 4-year, fully accredited and academically respected institution of higher learning, not some community college.
If you know anything at all about community colleges, you know that a lot of their instructors are not full-time. They teach on the side of another career to bring in some extra bucks, or they are between jobs. It probably wasn't too difficult to find an instructor to come to the Academy at Swift River to teach a course; ASR probably just put ads up on bulletin boards at whatever community colleges were in their local area. Judging from a map, I'd even guess it was Greenfield. It probably cost ASR all of $1000 for the whole term.
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Yeah, good point. We had "AP" advanced courses in our high school for kids wanting more of a challenge and a college flavor, but they were taught by full time teachers in the high-school. They may offer this option more now a days inside high schools where college level teachers go to the local high school. I am just not aware of this.
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Ursus:
Additional information relevant to my above post:
Based on United States Department of Education data for 2003 with regard to adjunct instructors at community colleges, "the salary per course at public two-year colleges ranged from a low of $1,397 at the 25th percentile to a high of $3,000 at the 90th percentile; in hourly wages, the median pay for an adjunct at a two-year college was only $11.19."
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My guess is that the pay for such an instructor teaching a course at ASR may have been somewhat less, given that the students were all high school level, but I could be wrong.
Whooter:
--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---Additional information relevant to my above post:
Based on United States Department of Education data for 2003 with regard to adjunct instructors at community colleges, "the salary per course at public two-year colleges ranged from a low of $1,397 at the 25th percentile to a high of $3,000 at the 90th percentile; in hourly wages, the median pay for an adjunct at a two-year college was only $11.19."
Source[/list]
My guess is that the pay for such an instructor teaching a course at ASR may have been somewhat less, given that the students were all high school level, but I could be wrong.
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Geesh, that terrible. No wonder we cant get good teachers anymore.
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Antigen:
--- Quote from: "Whooter" ---
--- Quote from: "Anne Bonney" ---Hmmmmm, I would imagine that there are other Alum Interviews. Why not post them all instead of cherry picking?
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Most businesses go through them all and pick the best one or two and present them. The negative ones would never be posted we all know that plus the good ones help with their marketing. Any negative interviews would not help too much.
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So, in other words this is blatant advertising taken right from a marketing website? Yup! Shaw `nuff!
http://www.swiftriver.com/enews/v11issue1/alumni.html
What do ya'll think? Should I ax the entire thread or is there any useful, relevant conversation going on further down the page?
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