My wife has been a junior high school teacher for 33 years now. Not for the faint of heart. COVID has brought on many extra challenges, fast tracking computer skills and motivating kids at home to pay attention and turn in their work.
What, pray tell, is "A&P" biology? Either he can't proofread, or he's teaching a class in supermarket. The term is "AP", meaning "advanced placement", which means "barely up to what we usually expected of an average student 25 years ago".
The other question is how an undergrad education major gets into a graduate biology program, but a) it's IU; and b) it was almost certainly a biology masters for poets & teachers, and others without actual qualification. Altogether, he probably has as much biology coursework as the typical BA undergrad gets (25 hours out of 120), so he's sorta qualified. Although I'd agree his best and highest utility is probably "summer".
For comparison: an IU chemistry major graduating with a BS would -40 years ago, anyway- have 50+ hours of chemistry, at least 10 of physics, 13 of calculus, and 10 in something biological. 83+ hours of science/math. Out of 120. Six semesters, nothing but science classes, out of eight. No education classes, though- and damn few of anything else except english comp, a language, and 1-2 others.
My wife has been a junior high school teacher for 33 years now. Not for the faint of heart. COVID has brought on many extra challenges, fast tracking computer skills and motivating kids at home to pay attention and turn in their work.
ReplyDeleteWhat, pray tell, is "A&P" biology? Either he can't proofread, or he's teaching a class in supermarket. The term is "AP", meaning "advanced placement", which means "barely up to what we usually expected of an average student 25 years ago".
ReplyDeleteThe other question is how an undergrad education major gets into a graduate biology program, but a) it's IU; and b) it was almost certainly a biology masters for poets & teachers, and others without actual qualification. Altogether, he probably has as much biology coursework as the typical BA undergrad gets (25 hours out of 120), so he's sorta qualified. Although I'd agree his best and highest utility is probably "summer".
For comparison: an IU chemistry major graduating with a BS would -40 years ago, anyway- have 50+ hours of chemistry, at least 10 of physics, 13 of calculus, and 10 in something biological. 83+ hours of science/math. Out of 120. Six semesters, nothing but science classes, out of eight. No education classes, though- and damn few of anything else except english comp, a language, and 1-2 others.
Anatomy and physiology. Called the cornerstone of Biology.
Delete“A&P” probably stands for “anatomy and physiology”.
DeleteBut he graduated Tell City high school, so no wonder the rest of his education is fucked up!
DeleteAn honest answer to the question "why?".
ReplyDeleteAnd these people bitch about their pay. Look at how much time you have off and figure it out.
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