I just realized that half of those that I talk to have no clue what I mean when I say "Upward Bound" or "Crowder College". I am taking this time to post what all of this means.....
Upward Bound, often reffered to as UB, is a school program for high school kids to help them with their chances of getting into a good college, giving them the experience, or because their parents never got above a Masters degree, etc etc. The list goes on.
Anywho, they are given the chance once a month during the school year to go to the closest Crowder College and take two, two hour classes. By participating at these once-a-month activities during the school year, they recieve $30 and the knowledge that these classes have given them. During the summer, the students are given the opportunity to go live and take classes on the Crowder College Campus.
While living on Campus, students are expected to treat the facility with respect and do their part as far as cleaning, bed-time, personal hygiene, getting to classes on time, and maintaining a passing grade goes.
The official Upward Bound "lights out" time is strictly 11:00pm. It is up to the Residential Assistent, or RA, if they mind that the people in their house are still talking or texing and what not.
At UB you must take four classes, a research class, and a knowledge quest class. The four classes that you take depend on what you have taken already and what you are required to take. For instance, I have to take an advanced spanish class because I took spanish two last year. :( Each class is about an hour long with ten minutes in between to get to and from classes.
The research class is a bit different though. There is a choice of about five or six research classes here at Upward Bound. This year I chose UB memeories. Your research class is either your very first class or your very last class and lasts three hours long. Throughout the month you will be expected to, not only learn, but to plan and present a presentation on the last week of what you learned and the processes that you took, etc. etc.
Knowledge Quest is simply a study hour to get done what you didn't get done or to go to the library and get on the computer or whatever. It is pretty much a study hall.
Anywho, I think that I have covered most of the UB idea. It is a good program and I have really enjoyed participating in all of it!
2 comments:
Thanks for the info! I kind of knew basically what the program was, but now I know exactly what it is that you do while you're there! Do you get paid for the summer program too? Or do you just get "the experience?" And are you allowed to stay on the phone after lights out? I need to call you sometime soon! Or you can call me too! Love ya!
We do get payed during the summer session. I think that it is like $50, but I am not for sure.
Umm...we could be on the phone after lights out, I just have to make sure that no one is disturbed.
I will try to call you soon!! Like tonight after dinner or something!!
I love you too!!
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