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I got my standard piece of paper last night.

I'm going to cut the sarcasm as much as I can, I'm such a pessimist it hurts!BrickwallBored
I'm proud of my self and all, but the whole thing looks so much better on TV. At least for all the people with friends and traditional goals like college, kids at 20 something, stay in the area and repeat the cycle. I don't want that. I don't think anyone here does or you wouldn't be here Razz
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I got my standard piece of paper last night.

Yeah. Glad you're free. What are your plans for the summer?

Some of us are working on a course/series concept, basically explore interests, address problems in education with educators and parents, and build alternatives.

Are you still thinking of maybe wanting to be a teacher of some sort?
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RE: I got my standard piece of paper last night.

(05-18-2014 02:56 PM)xcriteria Wrote:  Yeah. Glad you're free. What are your plans for the summer?

Some of us are working on a course/series concept, basically explore interests, address problems in education with educators and parents, and build alternatives.

Are you still thinking of maybe wanting to be a teacher of some sort?


That's a really good thing to do. You know Black Mountain SOLE has a summer program for high school students (just missed it Razz) that's very similar. All very good with me!

I don't think I want to be a teacher unless it would be my own terms, but maybe I could be like Sal Khan, start with Youtube tutorials? He's pretty successful right now. As for my summer, I'll be working (hopefully) and volunteering in my state for different things. I still want to do my walking trip I briefly mentioned, but that sounds like the scariest thing ever 0_0
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