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4 votes
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Combined BA + MA degrees
Have any of you done these degrees? I'm switching disciplines for my MA, and I want to collect information on this alternative method should I fail that this summer. I'd have a more complete grasp...
Have any of you done these degrees? I'm switching disciplines for my MA, and I want to collect information on this alternative method should I fail that this summer. I'd have a more complete grasp of the field and proceed to a PhD equipped with better knowledge. The price to pay being some time, but I'll probably already have to do my MA---if I manage---in three years b/c the school might want me to take an extra preparatory year going through some undergrad classes.
So, any experiences, any comments, any links highly appreciated!
P.S.: EU information appreciated, that's been significantly harder to get at.
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A 'morbid fascination' with Columbine High School might lead to its shuttering
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Drag Queen Story Hour brings LGBTQ-friendly fun to the South
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Desperation and broken trust when schools restrain students or lock them in rooms
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West Virginia Senate passes sweeping education bill to ban teacher strikes
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The disadvantages of an elite education: Our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make minds, not careers
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How one Colorado art teacher inspires kids by leaning into chaos, not control
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How Dr. Seuss’s Oh, The Places You’ll Go! became a ubiquitous (and cliché) graduation gift
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Political confessional: I think private schools should be banned
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The Permian Basin is booming with oil. But at what cost to West Texans?
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What it felt like: If “living history” role-plays in the classroom can so easily go wrong, why do teachers keep assigning them?
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Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
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A union fight at Marquette University
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Answer Sheet California is overhauling sex education guidance for schools — and religious conservatives don’t like it
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Emotional health in public schools
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California teachers pay for their own substitutes during extended sick leave
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Schools are using software to help pick who gets in. What could go wrong?
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Mills signs bill to make Maine the first state to ban Native American school mascots
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The University of Maryland waited eighteen days to inform students of a virus on campus. That decision left vulnerable students like Olivia Paregol in the dark
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How does a rural Colorado county with three people per square mile send thirty students to an Ivy League institution?
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Math teachers should be more like football coaches
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How do you turn kids into bookworms? All ten children's laureates share their tips
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This is what it sounds like hiding in a dark classroom during a school shooting
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Inside the fight for developmentally disabled people's right to sex
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Lori Loughlin feels wronged in college admissions scandal
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Long school commutes are terrible for kids
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To help children learn braille, Lego will introduce bricks designed for the blind
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Considering going back to school
I'm having a bit of a reckoning where I'm working a call center job, and when I like it, it's okay, and when I don't, it's a drag, but just recently my wrists have started to seriously act up and...
I'm having a bit of a reckoning where I'm working a call center job, and when I like it, it's okay, and when I don't, it's a drag, but just recently my wrists have started to seriously act up and impact my work and life some, and my work insurance won't cover treatment. On a related note, Mom is willing to
love and supportbribe me back into going to school since I can go back on her insurance as long as I'm taking classes full time. Normally, I would respectfully decline because I'm prideful and petty, left school on academic probation 4 years ago after blowing off classes and am still nursing an underlying fear of failure and psychological hang-ups due to previous academic overextension. But I do have savings to fall back on, I am at a point where I can reasonably pivot, Mom will likely never let this one die, and my job causes me pain. So, what do?10 votes -
Froebel’s Gifts
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LA’s elite on edge as prosecutors pursue more parents in admissions scandal
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I’m a North Carolina public school teacher. Here’s why I’m walking out today.
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Indigenous educators fight for an accurate history of California
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Do you ever feel like you want to learn everything?
Do you ever feel as though you want to learn everything? I enjoy learning. I wouldn't say I crave it but I love finding out about new things or learning how to do something I don't know how to do....
Do you ever feel as though you want to learn everything?
I enjoy learning. I wouldn't say I crave it but I love finding out about new things or learning how to do something I don't know how to do. Almost anytime I see somebody talking about or doing something that interests me I think, "I could learn to do that" or "I should read up about that." This ranges from anything to my own personal pursuits (of which I have too many due to this feeling and thus never sink enough time into any... different topic) to my friend's career paths or interests, to all of you on Tildes, you cool bastards. My partner is studying medicine. Shit, I haven't learned anything bio/health-science related since college Freshman year Chemistry class but I was just googling "free [biology|physics|intro to medicine] textbooks online" because what she's learning sounds awesome and like some really beneficial stuff to know about. Every time I read the "What are you doing this weekend" or similar threads on here I just think... damn, I'd love to contribute to open source maps (shoutout u/hungariantoast) or play that game or learn to fix up my car or ... you get the idea.
Does anyone else feel this way? How do you cope? Want to vent and relate? I know of priority lists, I have made plenty and they have both helped and not helped me solve this. I guess I'm just destined to try learning everything forever.
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No Spanish allowed: Texas school museum revisits history of segregation
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Can you access university libraries in your country w/o an affiliation to the university?
In Turkey, where I live, almost all universities restrict access to staff and students (only their own students if not a graduate student); the only exception I can find is the Koç University...
In Turkey, where I live, almost all universities restrict access to staff and students (only their own students if not a graduate student); the only exception I can find is the Koç University where paid membership is open to public. I've researched in the past and found that major universities around the world---i.e. Italy, France, UK, US; selection factor being the languages I can read---seem to allow the public to access in one way or another (article, in Turkish, with results). But I wonder how accurate my reading is with the reality, and thus I'm asking this question.
So, as a plain citizen w/o any current affiliation to any educational institutions, can you access university libraries where you live? Does it matter if you have certain diplomas or affiliations? How easy it is?
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What was your educational experience like?
What did you like about school? What did you dislike about it? What were the most important things that you learned? What would you change about education if you had the power? If you could go...
What did you like about school?
What did you dislike about it?
What were the most important things that you learned?
What would you change about education if you had the power?
If you could go back and re-do things knowing what you know now, what would you do differently?I'm not necessarily looking for individual answers to each question, I'm just putting those out there to frame the kind of thoughts I'm looking for. I'm really just interested in hearing other people's stories! I'm a teacher and frequently do a lot of talking about education from my own perspective, but I don't feel like I do enough listening to others' views.
Also, to avoid gumming up the questions with multiple tenses, I wrote everything in past tense. That doesn't mean I'm only interested in the responses of people who are done with their formal education though. I'd love to hear from people who are still in school as well!
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A search for answers, a search for blame - In grieving Parkland, a fight over school discipline and the PROMISE program is ripping the community apart
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Increasingly competitive college admissions: much more than you wanted to know
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'We want a kid you don't have any idea what to do with': Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy helps very vulnerable students succeed in high school—and beyond
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The corporations devouring American colleges
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A high school expelled a girl for kicking a boy who entered the girls' bathroom to "protest" against a trans student
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Active shooter drills are scaring kids and may not protect them. Some schools are taking a new approach.
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A rundown of some fun and educational Linux software for kids.
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All-male historically Black Morehouse College will admit transgender men
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Video shows Chicago police officers punching and dragging a 16-year-old student down stairs
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Should I go to college for computer science?
I have an undergrad degree in polisci. I was planning on going to law school, but got rejected everywhere I applied. I am really reconsidering going to law school. Last couple years, I realized...
I have an undergrad degree in polisci. I was planning on going to law school, but got rejected everywhere I applied. I am really reconsidering going to law school. Last couple years, I realized that I have a genuine interest in coding, and I could pursue it as a career. I learned C++ with online tutorials, and I think I am proficient at it, or at least have the potential to be much better.
Anyway, money is tight, so I would really appreciate any input you have about a career change. Thank you!
(If this belongs on another sub, please let me know)
EDIT: I am in the U.S. I can move states if necessary.
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Laziness does not exist
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Indonesian kids keep getting 'possessed by spirits' during high school exams
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They had it coming - The parents indicted in the college-admissions scandal were responding to a changing America, with rage at being robbed of what they believed was rightfully theirs
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