Not Ready for College?

As you get closer to graduating from high school, the thought of college should be entering your mind. What percent of students did not meet any of the college readiness benchmarks? Is this surprising to you? Is it higher or lower than you thought it would be? Do you feel like at the end of your senior year you will be ready for college? What do you think would help you get ready for college?

Majority of graduates not ready for college

Due September 17th

Top Jobs

As we look at different careers in the next couple of weeks, how does this article impact your choices? What was the most interesting part of this article to you? Are any of these careers something that you would be interested in pursuing? What is your number one choice of careers right now?

Doing the Math to Find the Good Jobs


Due: September 10th

A Middie Inspiration

After Judo Gold....

Read the article above about Kayla Harrison. The Middie who won gold at the Olympics. What is the most inspiring thing about her to you in the article? How did you feel after she  spoke at the assembly? Did you notice that she talked about goals?


Due Sept. 4th

What were these teens' goals?

We have been talking about goals this week in class and you have been writing your own. This article is about teenagers that set their goals high and achieved them. Which teenager do you relate to the most? Would you have had the ambition to take on such a large goal at your age? What are some of your goals that you would like to reach before you graduate from high school?

 

After you read the article, in the comment section below (NOT on the article's website!!!) Answer the questions in complete sentences and give us your opinion. To get to the article you simply click on the link below.

Teen Entrepreneurs

This article is  DUE Mon. August 27th

Hello!

Welcome Back!

We are very exited to have you in our class this year and we hope that you enjoy being here as well. I am Mrs. Jernigan and I will be your student teacher for the semester and I hope to get to know each and everyone of you throughout my time here at Middletown.
 
 A little bit about my self.......




I am working on my Masters of Education Degree from Wright State University. I have my undergraduate degree from Wright State as well in Social Science Education.








I am married.... This is my husband and I at our wedding

We had our first child this last December. Her name is Jayne and she consumes most of our free time now!

Review- Investing

Review- Investing

Anybody can adequately save for retirement, as long as they do their research and/ or receive help.

The best time to start your retirement plans is at the earliest age that you are able to do so.

The retirement plan that has the employer match the contributions that the employee puts into it is a 401K

IRAs allow for money to grow tax free.

Something to consider when looking at an employer is the retirement benefits.

You need to have other forms of savings for retirement other than Social Security.

When investing, you invest aggressively when you are young, balanced when you are older, and conservatively when you are older.

The two types of IRAs are Traditional and Roth.

A type of investment that is more diversified that buying a single stock is a mutual fund.

The experts say that 20%- 30%  of your income should be put towards retirement and savings.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/07/markets/facebook-ipo-investors/index.htm?iid=HP_LN

This is your last article!!  Due May 11

Read this article about Facebook.  Would this have changed your strategy with investing in the stock game?  Would you have purchased this or not based on what you read?