The Ohio Random Thread... aka We Should Probably Be Working
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Wish me luck tomorrow--I'm off to Buchtel High School to complete 40+ hours of service learning. Basically I am assigned a classroom with a teacher and do whatever I'm told; it could be tutoring one on one or teaching a lesson in front of the whole class. I will be in social studies classroom, of course! 
Here are a few fun facts about this place, located on Copley Road in Akron:
1.2% of 719 students are white
approx. 75% of students are economically disadvantaged
approx. 25% of students have special needs or disabilities
only approx. 75% of students graduate
The host teacher I am with was stabbed and carjacked in the school parking lot before heading into the school building in 2007. This crime was not by a student as far as I know, just a citizen. Again, say a prayer for me! If I can teach here, I am confident I can get it done anywhere, which really opens up job opportunities for me. I need to perform well, but am nervous about the setting. I have been to this school before, but only to do tutoring, never teaching in front of the whole class.
Here are a few fun facts about this place, located on Copley Road in Akron:1.2% of 719 students are white
approx. 75% of students are economically disadvantaged
approx. 25% of students have special needs or disabilities
only approx. 75% of students graduate
The host teacher I am with was stabbed and carjacked in the school parking lot before heading into the school building in 2007. This crime was not by a student as far as I know, just a citizen. Again, say a prayer for me! If I can teach here, I am confident I can get it done anywhere, which really opens up job opportunities for me. I need to perform well, but am nervous about the setting. I have been to this school before, but only to do tutoring, never teaching in front of the whole class.
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good luck...sounds rough...
PrinceValorum
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Wow, good luck, James! Lol pack a Glock and watch your back! I know a lot of the administrators in Cleveland schools wear bullet proof vests (at least from what I've heard).. We had one transfer to my high school my senior year and she looked like she could brake a kids neck with her hands...
I take it you want to teach social studies in the future?
I take it you want to teach social studies in the future?
Buchtel High is definitely one of the more impoverished Akron Public Schools. A close family friend coaches football for the high school and his son attended school there, and he has some stories.
On the bright side, you'll have the opportunity to make a massive educational impact on a population that needs it the most. Good luck! I'm sure all will go well.
On the bright side, you'll have the opportunity to make a massive educational impact on a population that needs it the most. Good luck! I'm sure all will go well.
Evan... my dad dropped off a set of shelves right? But... it looks like no parting out will occur, which is good, but yeah, I could have seen all of us stripping that fugger. Hell, I did it to my car in one evening when I thought it was being traded in.
Wheel bearings... I've done 3 on the Protege. They're press in and you can't do it by yourself. I've disassembled the front end of that car so many times I can do it in my sleep. Proper tools are key... especially when popping the ball joints. Don't want to tear the rubber boot like I did. Disassemble everything to remove the spindle assembly. Take that to a machine shop. They can do the pressing rather quickly and for like $40 (or whatever 1 hour of labor is). Make sure you get the seal that goes with the bearing or you'll be redoing the work about a year later. AMHIK.
Wheel bearings... I've done 3 on the Protege. They're press in and you can't do it by yourself. I've disassembled the front end of that car so many times I can do it in my sleep. Proper tools are key... especially when popping the ball joints. Don't want to tear the rubber boot like I did. Disassemble everything to remove the spindle assembly. Take that to a machine shop. They can do the pressing rather quickly and for like $40 (or whatever 1 hour of labor is). Make sure you get the seal that goes with the bearing or you'll be redoing the work about a year later. AMHIK.
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thats awesome news ivan... glad it wasnt anything too serious
and good luck in that school Chipmunk HEHE
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Wish me luck tomorrow--I'm off to Buchtel High School to complete 40+ hours of service learning. Basically I am assigned a classroom with a teacher and do whatever I'm told; it could be tutoring one on one or teaching a lesson in front of the whole class. I will be in social studies classroom, of course!
1.2% of 719 students are white
approx. 75% of students are economically disadvantaged
approx. 25% of students have special needs or disabilities
only approx. 75% of students graduate
The host teacher I am with was stabbed and carjacked in the school parking lot before heading into the school building in 2007. This crime was not by a student as far as I know, just a citizen. Again, say a prayer for me! If I can teach here, I am confident I can get it done anywhere, which really opens up job opportunities for me. I need to perform well, but am nervous about the setting. I have been to this school before, but only to do tutoring, never teaching in front of the whole class.
You need a bodyguard? I got your back James.....
Oh no, Evan's ridiculous nickname has caught on...I can only accept it, I guess..
Taught ticklemepink how to post images! LOL
Still nervous, but a few kids in my morning class went yesterday and said everything went smoothly. I also believe I am in an honors American History class, which typically will be students with less learning needs.
History buffs are the ones you have to worry about. They're the ones that understand what types of protests work and which don't.
If one of them stands up and responds to your question of "What do you wanna do with your life" with "I wanna rock!" Be afraid.
If one of them stands up and responds to your question of "What do you wanna do with your life" with "I wanna rock!" Be afraid.
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Did he look cool while doing it?
I don't get the point of bragging about destroying your oil pan. If you're gonna do it, raise your engine, get a skid pan, everything. Why create excess problems, just for the sake of doing it? It's like sticking your arm out of a train and then being surprised when you end up with a stump. But they'd brag about that stump, you better believe. Get a tattoo with an arrow that says "it sucks to be idiot."
The guy's not bragging. He actually told DUB to go ahead and take him off the "Slammed List" because he was going to raise up a little. At least some people are rational.
