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Mitchell B

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  • Location
    Bangkok, Thailand
  • Application Season
    2014 Fall
  • Program
    Botany

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  1. Hello, fellow forum-goers; I'm planning to study at the Burnaby campus of SFU, and am looking to start substitute teaching in the Burnaby area. I have my B.Sc. and B. Ed. for teaching senior years science, particularly Biology and Chemistry, but I've had some experience teaching or substitute-teaching at all levels (from kindergarten to grade 9) and would work anywhere that would take me. My dilemma is that I won't be able to have a car, so I'll need to bike or commute between SFU and whatever middle- and high-schools are in the area. Anyone have some advice on a good central area to look for housing that would make that process less of a head-ache? Any fellow teachers out there have some words of advice for getting into the school system in Burnaby? I've only got about 4 years of teaching experience, so I'm almost wondering if it'd be better to move a little further outside of the city to be near a less competetive school division. Thanks in advance!! Mitchell Bergstersser
  2. Hello, people of the forum So I'm a teacher from Manitoba, who's currently teaching Biology in Bangkok, Thailand. I have my B. Ed. (with a specialization in Biology and Chemistry) and a B. Sc (general science; Bio major, Chemistry minor) from the University of Manitoba. Teaching Biology has re-kindled my interset in the subject and I'm planning to join a Master's program in Biology (something to do with Botany). My current plan is to come there in the summer of 2014 and do a half semester of under-grad courses as a refresher and for general interest's sake.... possibly a full year of that if it takes a while to get onto the substitute teaching list in a school division in the Burnaby area. Can anyone advise for / against this plan though? I wouldn't mind starting right into the grad school program, but I feel a little overwhelmed at having to apply to a specific researcher and a specific topic. I feel like doing a 6-12 months of undergrad courses, possibly working as a TA in the lab or just having the chance to check out the campus and meet some of the professors that could be my research supervisors would be a good way to go about it... How soon should I be starting to panic about applying for the specific master's program? Can anyone give some advice for someone that's never lived in B.C... or from someone that's done a similar thing as I'm looking to do? I heard that the undergrad courses can be a little overwhelming with the huge class sizes and lack of attention from the over-worked professors... Has anyone experienced that and maybe have another more 'cozy' university to do some under-grad courses while I work my way towards the Master's program? Thanks for anyone who read all of this, and hope to meet some folks from the cool community here soon!
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