This is how my life in college is going to eventually pan out. I will graduate upon receiving the following various majors and minors, along with a few endorsenments…
Welcome to my future:
a major in elementary mathematics
a special endorsement to teach middle school math
a structure of the disciplines minor (which is included in any college of education program)
by the way, what the heck is a “structure of the disiplines”?
a intergrated elementary science minor
an early childhood education minor
(which is a speical endorsement to be able to teach k-2 grade.)
that is all. but it is a lot i think. i am currently trying to be able to teach high school mathematics, i emailed my elementary math advisor and asked her opinion on the subject, so we will see. that would be so sweet, if i could take a test and pass it. it is what i am doing to teach middle school math. i just take a test, and pass it, and i can teach middle school math. i really don’t want to teach puberty crazed perverts (middle schoolers). so what are you graduating from college with? is that scary? that i have it all figured out, and you are not sure what the heck you are doing? i don’t mean to alarm you, cause i hadn’t figured it out until now. which now that i look at it, it’s a heck of a lot. it’s also more schooling, that i don’t necessarily need, but it’s like this:
so i could get 3 minors. that would be fine. BUT, if i only had a minor in math (which i am 2 classes away from obtaining), then i would not be able to take the test and get the special endorsement to teach middle school math, which i kind of want.
here’s another thing. the major in math comes already with a pre-packaged minor, the structure of the disciplines one, so i really don’t need the other minors.
reasons for the other minors:
science: i only need like 2 more classes to have a science minor, why not?
early childhood ed: now a necessity if i want to teach the alpahabet, the sandbox, or how we tie our shoes, if you get my drift.
so that is all i know right now. i if i find another minor or endorsement that i am close to getting, i will update it. either way, at the end of this semester, i will have met a huge goal in my life:
being able to subsitute teach. from now on, no matter where i move, no matter what state in the US, or any English speaking country, I will be able to substitute teach. this is a huge relief on my part. i am happy!