Three freshman qualified yet?
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The cat from Texas who is short on the SAT should be retaking it on Saturday. Results are typically a few weeks but can be expedited for a fee.
I haven't heard on the guys from Cali and OK
I haven't heard on the guys from Cali and OK
I really hope E Blades gets approved or how ever you want to say it. The DT would be great to add depth and have abetter chance of at least one of the three DTs panning out. But Blades is one of those athletes thats a difference maker. Hes one of those players you see at OSU or Bama that can change the game. We need as many of those type players on our team as possible to get us back into those championship games again ever year.
I am assuming he just took the test this past Saturday. Results from all previous tests have been released. So if he qualified before Saturday he should be in Lincoln. Again he can pay to expedite the results from the test Saturday but he won't be able to enroll until the 2nd summer session now.
I had heard as of yesterday Blades was going to take summer classes, but it would have to "go well" for him to qualify. Deontre Thomas is already on campus, I believe he had a couple pics on Twitter with his mother. Hadn't heard a peep about Watts except for Tuco's test score thing.
We will know on Blades by June 10th. That's when he gets his test scores back.
It's staggering to me when guys can't get eligible. I don't understand how you attend school and get passed on through 12th grade and manage to not qualify for NCAA standards. Especially some of the good schools that a lot of these guys come out of. It is......not a high bar. D1 uses a sliding scale where the better your GPA is, the lower your test score can be.
With a 2.5 (C+) GPA, you need to average a 17 on the ACT. Put another way, you need to get about half the questions right on a multiple choice test. How the hell are you graduating HS if you can't do that?
With a 2.5 (C+) GPA, you need to average a 17 on the ACT. Put another way, you need to get about half the questions right on a multiple choice test. How the hell are you graduating HS if you can't do that?
A couple of caveats. The eligibility center GPA only includes core classes. Math, Science, English & History, so the A in gym class and Choir don't help. Also the grades on the first several core classes cannot be taken off. So if a kid fails his freshman English class, not only will he have to retake it but the 0.0 stays as part of his GPA calculation. That could really set a C student back. When only 12-15 classes make up the GPA.
Some of us nearly flunked out our freshman year, just got by our sophomore and junior years and then turned it on our senior year and earned academic scholarships in college when we realized we were going to have pay for our own groceries eventually. For a high schooler with marginal academic capability that early lack of focus can be tough to overcome.
I'm certainly no stranger to academic issues, I still battle with ADHD and when it's bad it'll make you damn near useless as a human being. I had my share of good grades on exams and zeroes on homework assignments. What I don't get is how you get a HS diploma without being capable of putting together a combo of a GPA and a test score that will get you eligible. That doesn't seem like it should be possible.
Anyone know if it's still the case that you get a base score on those tests just for completing your personal information correctly? Or was that an urban legend?
I believe tuco explained it well enough above. A high school athlete can't pad their GPA with band and chorus and gym the way a regular kid would who maybe has ADHD
We apparently parted on mutual terms when it became clear we didn't have a spot. I really have no idea if he's of the mind to get excited again if more open up. Or if he's just bitter. Anyone know?
yep that's it. Mr Hand is failing Spiccoli so the school gets more funding.
There is a crisis in education right now IMO. We're losing the best teachers we have in my school district to retirement and replacing them with inferior teachers without the dedication to their craft that their predecessors had. It's amazing how many of the new teachers seem to want to just get by with doing the minimum. It's virtually impossible to get them to voluntarily do anything with a science club. The people retiring routinely gave extra time for science , math, and debate contests with no compensation. In our school district they work 9 months per year, make a competitive wage with other bachelors degree earners, and have incredible benefit packages so don't tell me they're not making enough.
Add this to parents not taking an active interest in their children's education (outside of blaming teachers when their children fail) and you have a recipe for disaster.
You get what you pay for. A number of the good young are leaving Nebraska for states that pay better.
Starting at 42K straight out of college for 9 months last I checked.
My wife's aunt has taught in Wyoming (2nd-5th grades) for about 15 years and makes $50k a year with great benefits.
My sister went to school (UNK, grad 2010) to be a teacher and was finding elementary teaching jobs from $25k - $35k in the Kearney area. I don't know where all she looked, but that's the range she told me.
That's a huge difference if my sister was actually correct, but she also doesn't have masters degree or anything either and I think my wife's aunt does.
A very important mentor of mine has been teaching at Omaha North for several decades now and he supplements his income teaching at UNO.
I think after all that time and the PhD he makes in the ball park of 71K. Which for a guy of his ability doing any other job, is basically him being charitable with his life to OPS. I think the only two higher paid folks in that building are the principal Haynes, and the football coach Martin.
I think after all that time and the PhD he makes in the ball park of 71K. Which for a guy of his ability doing any other job, is basically him being charitable with his life to OPS. I think the only two higher paid folks in that building are the principal Haynes, and the football coach Martin.
"Preschool Teacher $33,750 $19,800-$51,220
Elementary School Teacher $46,580 $34,450 - $59,000
Middle School Teacher $47,750 $35,320 - $61,970
High School Teacher $48,750 $35,360 - $63,150
PE Teacher $28,200 $16,150 - $51,330
Substitute Teacher (Hourly) $16.09/hr $11.74 - $18.00/hr
Teaching Assistant $21,110 $16,220 - $28,250 "
That's the BLS data for the Omaha area (average salary followed by range.
Its better formatted here:
http://jobs.teacher.org/school-district/omaha-public-schools/
Elementary School Teacher $46,580 $34,450 - $59,000
Middle School Teacher $47,750 $35,320 - $61,970
High School Teacher $48,750 $35,360 - $63,150
PE Teacher $28,200 $16,150 - $51,330
Substitute Teacher (Hourly) $16.09/hr $11.74 - $18.00/hr
Teaching Assistant $21,110 $16,220 - $28,250 "
That's the BLS data for the Omaha area (average salary followed by range.
Its better formatted here:
http://jobs.teacher.org/school-district/omaha-public-schools/
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I believe Blades was at three HS in four years and there may have also been curriculum and credit transfer issues.
There could very well be much more to the story so people shouldn't just jump on the kid for academic effort.
There could very well be much more to the story so people shouldn't just jump on the kid for academic effort.
Yeah, just my two cents:
Teachers are criminally underpaid and not supported in our society, and there really is no argument about it. I come from a family of them, have friends in education, and know what the ins and outs are.
I'm not saying there are not bad teachers, there certainly are. And there are poorly run schools and school districts. However, having said all of that, when you look at what is asked of the profession (9 months a year containing some truly difficult work, crazy hours, and dedication to something that can burn you out fast), knowing you aren't going to ever make a ton of money but you'll maybe get by ok, and thinking in the extreme long term (masters degree for boosted pay, state retirement benefits that kick in so you can retire at full pay at a decent age), you can get by alright if you plan on teaching summer school or working a summer job mowing lawns/slinging drinks while you are young.
The problem these days is so many teachers are retiring, and so few people are choosing that path (though I do see the Millennial demographic being much more interested in it), and with education being under constant assault by right-wing crazies, it is very hard to attract talent into the area.
In the rest of the industrialized world, such as in Europe, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, etc, teaching is thought of as a top profession, up there with being a doctor or a lawyer. Why? Teachers are respected. They are paid well, are very well educated (many achieve masters degrees or doctorates before teaching begins), and they are entering a system that they know works and where they will have good support and a good life.
If we want better outcomes here, we have to rebuild and reinvest in what has been systematically dismantled for decades.
Teachers are criminally underpaid and not supported in our society, and there really is no argument about it. I come from a family of them, have friends in education, and know what the ins and outs are.
I'm not saying there are not bad teachers, there certainly are. And there are poorly run schools and school districts. However, having said all of that, when you look at what is asked of the profession (9 months a year containing some truly difficult work, crazy hours, and dedication to something that can burn you out fast), knowing you aren't going to ever make a ton of money but you'll maybe get by ok, and thinking in the extreme long term (masters degree for boosted pay, state retirement benefits that kick in so you can retire at full pay at a decent age), you can get by alright if you plan on teaching summer school or working a summer job mowing lawns/slinging drinks while you are young.
The problem these days is so many teachers are retiring, and so few people are choosing that path (though I do see the Millennial demographic being much more interested in it), and with education being under constant assault by right-wing crazies, it is very hard to attract talent into the area.
In the rest of the industrialized world, such as in Europe, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, etc, teaching is thought of as a top profession, up there with being a doctor or a lawyer. Why? Teachers are respected. They are paid well, are very well educated (many achieve masters degrees or doctorates before teaching begins), and they are entering a system that they know works and where they will have good support and a good life.
If we want better outcomes here, we have to rebuild and reinvest in what has been systematically dismantled for decades.
My son's school district in Texas starting pay right out of College, $51,650. No state income tax.
My high school German (and other classes) teacher still teaches and she is a horrible teacher.
She makes every student make multiple photo copies of every assignment to keep, just in case the teacher loses the kid's papers.
She loses assignments daily and has made kids turn in a back up copy lose that copy, hand in a 2nd copy, only to lose that one and then the kid gets a zero for not turning in the assignment. Seriously happens and not only once.
When I had her, my 2 out of 4 points for participation grade for the week outweighed my test scores in the high 90's and worth 50 points.
Somehow I had (estimate, don't remember) 185 out of a possible 200 points in the quarter and was failing.
My mom went to school with this teacher and went in and chewed her ass. He teacher couldn't explain how missing 2 points a week outweighed everything else. All of a sudden I had a hgh B or low A in the class.
She is a horrible teacher, yet never gets fired.
That is likely due to teachers in North Texas in general making more, due to cost of living and demand. I just did a comparison, and it is 22% more expensive to live in Dallas/FTW than it is in Omaha, where I live. So, that would be like making $40,000 a year here, which is pretty ok, but is not great by any means. And teachers here do not make $40,000 starting out, which, along with news stories a simple Google search reveals, suggests your area is an exception, and not the rule.
I didn't say there were no bad teachers. Anecdotal evidence does not a problem solve.
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