I’m American and my husband is Mexican. We’re planning on relocating to the US (currently we live in Mexico). He has a 9 year-old daughter (my stepdaughter) who is currently living with her Mom; but there are great chances she will live with us in the US in the near future. Can you tell me if public schools are also free for foreign kids? Can any of you tell me about your experiences?
Public school is not limited to citizens. I you are a LEGAL immigrant, are a bona fide legal permanent resident of the school district, and you pay property taxes, you can go to public school.
It is not open to tourists however. If you are not a permanent resident, you need a F1 visa.
I am planning on designing an elementary school for my master’s thesis. Because public schools in the area I am designing on not very good, I was hoping to design a charter school. The problem is that i dont understand the difference. Can someone please explain the difference? I dont want to design a private school because i want it available to the masses. Thanks
charter school
Function: noun
Date: 1992
: a tax-supported school established by a charter between a granting body (as a school board) and an outside group (as of teachers and parents) which operates the school without most local and state educational regulations so as to achieve set goals
public school
a free tax-supported school controlled by a local governmental authority
Basically, the difference is the governments involvement levels. Thanks for doing this.
I really need to know all the requirements of becoming a Secondary School English Teacher. I don’t care if it’s a long list of things, as long as it’s all of the requirements.
All you need to do is this:
Apply for Secondary Education, major in English. Then you will need to apply for Education (ba)
It’ll be 4-5 years.
And ta-da! You’re an English teacher at a HS.
OR
You can apply for General Arts, Major in English (3 years)
Then apply for Ba in Education (2 years)
…However, I live in Canada…so maybe talk to a counsellor.
How do you become a primary school principal?
How many years of teaching would you have to do before becoming one?
Is there anything you can do to fast track to be a principal?
Also do you have to study administration? Could you please explain what this is?
Thanks.
MA in Ed Leadership
3 years teaching
i was wondering if someone with boarding school experience could describe to me a bit about the real atmosphere of a boarding school. freedoms, restrictions, attitudes of students…
i’ve already gone to a private school so i understand more challenging academics. i just really need a big change in my life.
It depends what boarding school you go to. The Jesuit and military based ones will be pretty strict. I went to a benedictine catholic boarding school and thought it was great. You get to live with your friends and have the same freedoms you ordinarily would have on weekends. Some people would from time to time get pretty homesick but most people I lived with preferred it to being at home. Except of course the bad kids that hated school in general. They tend not to get invited back since more enrollments require yearly invitations. The only problems that can ever arrise are with some of the older kids picking on the freshman since they live together.
I am 26, and was taught this while in elementary school. Do they still teach such lies?
I wonder myself.
Of course, who discovered America is more complex than the way we were taught. Of course Columbus and his crew weren’t the first people to find the New World. Neither, for that matter, were the Vikings. The American Indians were here for thousands of years.
But, when we talk about discovering the New World, really we’re talking about how the Old World discovered the New in recorded history. The ironic thing about Vinland is that, although the Norse were here long before the Spanish arrived, they never realized what they’d found, and in that sense they didn’t discover America. In that sense, neither did Columbus. The guy who put two and two together on that one was Amerigo Vespucci, if I remember right.
I liked Flip Wilson’s sketch about it. When Columbus arrived, the Indians were having a party: Not Having Been Discovered Yet Day. He was greeted with "We don’t wanna be discovered. You’re gonna have to discover your a** away from here."
Im starting high school next year and ive been wanting to become an actress ever since I was like 10 years old. I’ve been trying to look up on how I can be an actress and what I have to do to get their but theres no information, Im planning on doing it for my whole high school year. If someone can give me any tips that can be usefull please do!
-Thanx.
Step 1. Take acting classes — this will help determine what you can do and what you like to do; you might find yourself interested in Shakespeare, or maybe you’re destined to star in films.
Step 2. Do plays — this will help you get a sense for the real deal, working with people. I don’t mean little kid summer camps, I mean community plays. Look for what you can audition for at your local theater.
Step 3. Get good grades and get into a good arts college — Julliard is nice, but if you don’t make the cut, try a nice, private, liberal arts college
Step 4. Become your own agent — this way, you won’t have to pay for one, and you can trust yourself.
Extra Credit — Join some theater camps or schools over the summer; it certainly couldn’t hurt.
I am writing a story and I was wondering about how they are taught. I want to have this part of the story ready so I was wondering how are middle school and high school classrooms are taught.
I was also wondering what grade a fourteen year old would be in because she moves to Japan during 2004.
I would like as much detail as possible please.
Usually a 14 year old would be usually a 9th grader,
which is their 2nd year of middle school
Students who are in their 2nd year, is called chugaku ninensei which translates to 2nd grade middle school, or directly: middle school second grade.
In teaching of the classes, unlike America, the students stay in the classroom for most classes (ie: math, language, english). Usually they go to a separate room for like gym, science, home economics, art, etc. They get to be lazy and let the teacher move around.
Generally, they are only allowed to leave the classroom unless it is an extreme emergency. They are supposed to use the bathroom during their break time.
They’re usually required to join an activity, for after school matters. A very popular activity is baseball, for boys. I see boys on bikes with baseball gear all the time its really interesting.
High school is also generally the same,
the schools in japan, elementary is 1-6 grade, middle school is 1-3 grade, and high school is 1-3. they start over at each level.
also, after elementary school, they have to take entrance exams to get into middle school or high school of their choice, also for college. this is why they spend massive amounts of time at cram school, which is also a regular afterschool activity for japanese students.
Please don’t start saying UCLA UC Berkeley and Stanford and all that. Other schools please!
neniaf.. what rankings?
i mean business course overall.
i know there are concentrations like marketing and accounting and all that. UCs do offer that.
So… you want good schools, but you don’t want good schools?
I think you better skip the business degree and memorize that supersizing is an extra 35 cents.
I’m home schooling my son through kindergarten. I want to apply to a private school next year and want to make sure he’s ready for their questions. What sort of questions do they ask to accept a 1st grader into private school?
It depends on the school, but it’s usually not a big deal. At the schools I know about, they basically just want to see if a child of that age can converse a little, make eye contact, sit a few minutes without fidgeting, pay attention. They will likely ask simple personal questions, like how old are you, what do you like to do, what is your favorite game. They may make him draw a person, the more detail the better, like fingers. They may ask about things that the kids in their Kindergarten learned to make sure your son is not behind. They will watch him socialize with other children if they have the typical classroom or play time during the appointment.
At good private schools, they want as few issues as possible. So they want to see that the child is eager to learn, has the ability to, fits into the school community (gets along with the other children) and doesn’t have behavioral problems.
Good luck!