Teach for America

I have a hard time seeing the importance of the GPA in the screening process. Also it seemed like there were a lot of people who gave testimonials who were from private (expensive) colleges. And not to sound like an asshole, but, where is the logic in having some trust-fund babies teaching inner city kids?

 

Just watch all of the White Shadow reruns and it'll be a cinch. I'm pretty sure the key is to keep a close eye on Coolidge and keep Thorpe from brooding too much.

 

I know it's a big commitment and the hiring process is long and tough, but a high percentage of my friends from J-school who applied were offered a job. Few of them took it, landing various jobs in journalism.

Basically you're teaching kids at some of the worst, most under-privileged schools in the country, and you get to make a top three list of cities you'd like to teach. My friend was headed to NYC and he visited the school at which he was going to teach, and it was a very nice private school. ???

 

I went to a state university in a major city where the public school system sucks. I don't really understand the logic of the high GPA thing either. My thinking is, if I've got a 3.95 GPA, why the heck do I want to go into an inner city school when there are so many other things I could be doing. I get the service thing and like I said, TFA really is a good program. But I definitely felt slighted by not even getting an interview. Their thinking is they want the best and the brightest teaching these kids that have been at a disadvantage for so long ... not your average, 3.0 student, I guess.

Good luck with whatever you decide. I had a hard time deciding whether to apply and whether I would accept if it got that far because of the 2-year commitment and the nature of the job. In my case, it wasn't meant to be.

 

I finished the application and sent it off but, if all the stuff I have read here is true, there is no way in hell they are going to contact me.

 

And keep Jackson away from liquor stores...

 

Not everyone who went or goes to an expensive, private college is a trust fund baby. I know it's not the point of this thread, but it really gets on my nerves when people say stuff like that.

 

Yeah that was a generalization, my brother went to Georgetown (for grad school, Washington State for UG) and we are far from trust fund kids.