The inaugural post. I don't imagine that there will be many people who follow this, but I look at it as a practice opportunity, as I fully intend to incorporates blogs into my future classrooms.
First bit of advice I have to offer: never do a chemistry major/physics minor (or vise versa) education degree. It sucks. For whatever reason, chemistry and physics departments don't seem to like each other that much. Every semester has had some sort of scramble to make sure that I get this class that semester because this class conflicts with that one. Even spotting class conflicts a full year before they even would happen doesn't stop a conflict from appearing. Do chemistry and math, or biology, or Earth science, but for the sake of your own sanity don't do chemistry and physics.
If you do decide to go that route, plan carefully. Pull up at least two years of previous class scheduling. Once you get past your intro classes, there are going to be a lot of fall or spring only classes in both departments. And certain required course will overlap with one another. And even when you do this, you're more than likely going to need special accommodations made because required classes are going to overlap by more than 15 minutes.
All this being said, I wouldn't change my program. Yes, it has been a giant pain in my butt. But I love what I'm studying (except Intermediate Mechanics, that sucks). I, generally, can't wait to get into a classroom and start teaching chemistry and physics.
In the future, I'll be posting about the process of becoming a teacher in Michigan, my attempts at coaching middle schoolers in Science Olympiad, preparing for an actual ChemEd presentation, and my knitting.
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