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What are your goals?

What are your goals?. To graduate from high school and play World of Warcraft the rest of my life To get a vocational or technical degree and get a good paying job To get a college degree and become rich and famous! Goal – what’s a goal? I really have no clue!. Math is….

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What are your goals?

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  1. What are your goals? • To graduate from high school and play World of Warcraft the rest of my life • To get a vocational or technical degree and get a good paying job • To get a college degree and become rich and famous! • Goal – what’s a goal? I really have no clue!

  2. Math is….. • Totally Awesome Dude! • Okay, I can deal with it! • Hard, but I know I need it! • Horrible, I’d rather eat Road Kill

  3. Why should I go to college? • College graduates make more money! • More jobs require college degrees these days! • More job applicants have college degrees • All of the above! • None of the above!

  4. The Money No High School Diploma High School Diploma $27,235 Annual Income $19,140 Annual Income Bachelor’s Degree $46,931 Annual Income Median Income by Education - Washington State, 2006 Source: 2006 American Community Survey, U.S. Census

  5. The Competition Educational Attainment for adults 25 years or older- Washington State Source –U.S. Census

  6. Percent of Employers reporting difficulties hiring at desired level of education – Fall 2007. The Jobs No HS Diploma or GED HS Diploma or GED Some College Bachelor’s Degree 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Source – Employer Survey 2007, Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board

  7. How much math do you need to take before college? • None, at least I hope not! • One year only • Two Years • Three or More years

  8. Roughly 2 years of General Education Requirements; Social Studies, English, Science…Math. • Roughly 2 years of specialized study in your chosen field. A 2-year academic degree (from a community college) is designed to meet the first criteria. A4-year degree is an Education in 2 Acts

  9. If you’re going to college, thinking about going to college, or lack the ability to predict the future with absolute certainty, stay in math. Four-year colleges focus more on high school preparation, but may also give you a math placement exam to see what you know and make you take a math/quantitative course at college.

  10. Washington Colleges Do not use these as official statements. Contact the school to get current and official admission information.

  11. How bad is the placement exam? What if you…don’t do so good?

  12. Starting with a fresh bar of soap, you weigh the bar each day after you take a shower (you do not have a life!) You then find the regression line for predicting weight from number of days elapsed. The slope of this line will be: Positive Negative Can’t tell without seeing the data

  13. What Percentage of Students pass the placement Exam Anyway? 85% 53% 40% 14% 0%

  14. Success leads to success. 40% 50% 40% 67% 86% 53% 14% 69% Source: SFCC Institutional Research August 14, 2007 15

  15. More Time. The Cost of Developmental Mathematics… Developmental Math Courses bring a student up to college level. They do not transfer or count for college credit.

  16. More Money. The Cost of Developmental Mathematics… * Based on 2009-2010 tuition rates at SCC, SFCC and EWU for 5 undergraduate credits.

  17. No. Many 2-year applied degrees do not require college level math. • Go to the SFCC (Professional Technical Programs) and SCC (Programs – A.A.S. Degrees) web pages. Check out the possibilities. Do you have to take College-level math to get a degree?

  18. Find the Math!

  19. Math Skills for Business (3 cr) Vocational number skills with or without the use of calculators are presented in the course. Rounding, decimals, fractions, percents, word problems and using special functions on a calculator are emphasized. Applications include commissions, discounts, invoices, checking accounts and interest. (SCC, SFCC)

  20. ? What’s the Trade?

  21. Questions?

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