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John Hopkins Center for Talanted Youth
The John Hopkins Center For Talented Youth (CTY) is a talent search program that offers gifted students the chance to interact with peers on a similar intellectual level as well as recieve an education from some of the most talented scholars around the country. I am part of CTY and my experience has been wonderful. I have been able to meet students who think like I think, and who have the same interest in education that I have. CTY is one of many talent search programs around the country. They allow students to join based on either a aptitude test, 6th grade and under, or an SAT score. Once you are accepted in to the program, there are various options and resources available to you and your gifted student. There are seminars held at colleges around the country where you and your student will be treated to talks and discussions hosted by some of the countries most renowned scholars. Your student can take a distance course in areas ranging from English and Math to computer science and journaling. There are also trips to various countries where you and your student will not only be treated to an education, but you will be able to see some of the world’s most beautiful venues.
Personally, I have participated in both the one-day seminars and the distance programs. I have really enjoyed the one day seminars. They have allowed me to immerse myself in topics that I do not normally get to pursue during the normal school day. I have learned about subject areas from cryptography to marine biology. However, as much as I have enjoyed the seminars, I have enjoyed the distance courses even more. I have participated in two. One in English and one in math. Of the two I enjoyed the English more. In the math course, I worked by myself, and had the privilege to substitute my normal school math for the distance course. In contrast, the English course was a group of gifted students that were all writing for the same prompt. When we were done with our essay or writing piece, we would submit it to an online forum. Then our instructor would select three to four essays to post. Everyone would then read over the essays and comment on the positive and negative points of the writing. For me it was an enlightening experience. I had never had an English class where all of the students were on the same intellectual playing field as me. Each and every piece of feedback was meaningful and allowed me to enhance my writing. To this day, I have not had an experience such as this. What I also enjoyed was the ability to write without failing. As long as my essays were received on time, there was no chance that I would receive a bad grade. This allowed me to experiment with different styles and techniques that I would never have had the opportunity to try if I had been in a normal class. I strongly urge you to look into the CTY program. There is a strong possibility that it may change your gifted students life.
Use Your Criminal Justice Degree To Help The Troubled Youth
So, you say you want to help kids stay on the straight and narrow path? What better way than to go to school and earn a degree in criminal justice! Although there are other paths to consider when working with juveniles, listed below are a few of the more popular alternatives to consider.
Just a few of the options are serving as a worker in a youth detention center or correctional facility, as a juvenile probation officer or counselor or as a crime prevention specialist. Each classification has its own unique function in the criminal justice arena.
Discipline in the Montessori Classroom
Freedom in the Montessori classroom is often misunderstood not only by the parents, but also by some teachers. What we need to remember is that from a Montessori point of view freedom is not the right to do what one wishes without thought or consideration for others. It also does not mean that the only way the child can be creative is to be allowed to do whatever he/she chooses without any consistent parameters and guidance from the adult in the room. For freedom to work creatively and constructively it has to function within the firm guidelines of discipline. Discipline does not mean being regimented and having to submit to the will of another. Freedom and discipline are two sides of the same coin.
Freedom is the ability to stop, think and make a choice to the exclusion of any other possible given choices. Discipline is making correct choices while respecting the environment, and the rights of others to function and also make choices. Yes, to facilitate growth and correct choice making the child needs to act and be given opportunities to make choices. However, this does not mean the teacher abdicates responsibility. On the contrary it puts greater responsibility on the teacher.
Are We Taught Enough?
When growing up you are taught to learn. Then apply that knowledge to succeed in what ever activity. This process fulfills our lives with intelligent, careers, money, love, friendship, and pride. Schools in American have some of the best teachers and learning tools of the World. Individuals come from all over the globe to get a education in American. Then take what they have learned and implement the education in their country.
Americas education may be one of the best, but are we taught all that we need to know. Do we get out of high school, or even college ready for the road ahead. What do we learn? Math, Science, History, Literature, English. The basics right. All of those subjects will help you in life at one time or another. What is it that you really need to know to be successful in life?
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