Deseret Academy! 2 of 2

The decision is made!

Thank you everyone for your input.

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[ruzz3ii]

Yikes! Why not do both? People with no experience start teaching at private school. It sounds like the break that you need. Why don't you finish your BA and get a teaching credential. Do what makes sense.

[MrCropper]

"Why don't you finish your BA and get a teaching credential. Do what makes sense."

There are superb private schools that do NOT hire teachers with teaching degrees because they are so poorly trained and too brainwashed to change their ignorant ways.

Bill Gates dropped out of college - now THAT made sense!

[spankyquest]

so what kind of school are u making? like a philosophy class, teaching english as a 2nd language class, or salsa dancing class? cuz i might join if ur in my area. i live in Minnesota.

[MrCropper]

"What kind of school?"

K-8 Math, Science, History and Literature.

[Beethovens7th]

This is very exciting, I hope you accomplish your goals. God speed MrCropper!

[pmccarthy001]

I think you'll make an excellent teacher.

[SuperFinGuy]

"I'd think twice before assuming that there is a global conspiracy to shun Objectivism."

Call it whatever you like, but there are people like yourself willingly or unwillingly bashing objectivism with different agendas. In the case of governments the conspiracy is obvious because the truth hurts.

[SuperFinGuy]

Things are never complicated with conceptualization and abstraction, or in other words the ability to reflect and integrate particulars into general principles. Also called deduction and induction.

[SuperFinGuy]

"Your biggest mistake is assuming that "reality" is just something that is transparent, obvious, intuitive, and natural to understand."

Why are you putting reality between quote marks? Are you implying that existence doesn't exist?!

Why is it a mistake, if identifying reality allows us to have technology, predict and solve problems? While your anti-conceptual mentality just adds more to your confusion? Isn't it obvious that that's the reason you find things difficult and complicated?!

[SuperFinGuy]

"And yes, I've called into question aspects of the curriculum"

Let me guess, about whether Kant should be taught all the way through or not? My point is that you're not allowed to question and contradict what is essentially taught in the curriculum.

[SuperFinGuy]

Science corrects itself IF errors are found and we know alot of things beyond any doubt. For example that the sun exists. You, the academia and company are creating problems where none in fact exist.

[SuperFinGuy]

Actually how would you know since you're denying knowledge. You are committing the "stolen concept" fallacy buddy.

"That would violate the nature of scientific inquiry, in principle."

OMG How understanding reality violates the principles of science?! That's the object of science. You are confusing the open-ended nature of science with ignorance and false skepticism.

[SuperFinGuy]

Our understanding of the world through reason, honesty and science is not ambiguous as you say because our ideas and theories are integrated and concur accurately to what we observe and affects us. They don't give us "hopes" but concrete values. In your case I can see that your ideas are divorsed from reason and facts, things seem to be difficult but that doesn't mean it's the only way of "understanding" the world.

[SuperFinGuy]

Understanding what reality is one of the first steps in human development, that is the identification that the world exists independently from one's mind. Please refer to the psychology of child development. As conscious beings we have the faculty of reflection and abstraction that enable us to develop concepts and understand reality and work with it to survive and prosper. That's the very nature of humans.

[TransfiguredNight]

Your biggest mistake is assuming that "reality" is just something that is transparent, obvious, intuitive, and natural to understand. It isn't. And that has nothing to do with "subjectivism", it has to do with the fact that the world is complicated and largely beyond our capacity to comprehend.

And I'd think twice before assuming that there is a global conspiracy to shun Objectivism. You might start sounding--horror of horrors!--like a religious zealot with a persecution complex.

[TransfiguredNight]

"If you are talking about science here"

Scientists don't parade around dogmatically claiming to understand "reality". That would violate the nature of scientific inquiry, in principle.

And yes, I've called into question aspects of the curriculum, and I've rigorously debated issues within the framework of a curriculum. At higher levels of education teachers and students learn from each other more or less mutually.