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If there is anyone who knows anything about the state of Texas, or alternative certification in general, I would greatly appreciate your input.

I currently live in Illinois, have a BS in Business, and attend night school for Elementary Education to be certified to teach in Illinois. I’ve been subbing for about 8 months now. The program will cost $20,000, and will take me two years. I just started. I began to wonder…is there an easier way to become a teacher?

I looked on www.teach-now.org and noticed that Texas has an Alt. Cert program in which I can attend one week of class this summer (at a private school called Texas Teachers), take the 4-8 Generalist exam (which they told me was a shortage area), find a 1 year internship, and after the internship is up, I can get a 5-year teaching certificate in the state of Texas. Sounded good to me, but I’m a bit skeptical.

First, from talking to the college, they seemed VERY eager to “get my money” as I call it…they almost seemed to eager. Second, I may have trouble finding an internship.

I asked the representative from Texas Teachers on the phone several questions:

1) Q: How many of your students find internships? What %?
A: She said 90%, after I pushed her.

2) Q: How many interns get reccomended for a license by their principal after the internship is up?
A: She said “I’ve never worked with anyone who didn’t.

My question is, can I believe this? Is it really going to be a piece of cake for me like she says? Is it as simple as just going down to Texas, passing the test, finding an internship, and getting certified? Or is it going to be hard to impossible to get an internship and hard to get hired and stay hired as a teacher? It sounds like a great opportunity.

By looking at newsgroups on the internet, at least several people who have done this and say that there is NO shortage of teachers in the state (an oversupply and teachers out of work, actually), that going to job fairs got them nothing, that all the Alt. Cert. programs want is people’s money, that schools would rather hire someone more qualified that someone who completed an Alt. Cert program, etc.

So my dilemma is this: should I continue the program in IL that would get me teaching in 2 years and cost $20,000, OR should I go down to TX, pass the 4-8 generalist exam, take the 1 wk class, start my paid internship immediately (if I can get hired), and get certified in only a year.

I save time and money going to Texas (if it works out). Anyone have any advice?

Thanks

i gt a standard hifi and and want to get dj speakers bt they connect using 1/4 jack nt normal speaker wire. is there a way to connect them together. thankss

I have not yet downloaded it and I still have a couple of questions for clarification, just to be safe. Does it cost anything to download? How long does it take for dialup? And does it help slow internet get faster? Thanks for input.

I have tried to pair my PS3 with my sony bluetooth Hifi and its connected but with no sound.. The Hifi system seems to just have a regular audio input connector but also has a USB input. So im not sure if it is even possible to connect by these?

Any Suggestions as I just want to connect the sound from my PS3 to the Hifi.

I have a Phillips MC230 hifi system. There is an auxiliary input terminal which allows me to connect the audio left and audio right cables of tvs, dvd players, etc to the system. My question is, what cable would allow me to connect my ipod to the system?