Re: Teaching linguistics (through conlanging?) at high school?

First, let me say that I personally would have loved a
class in high school like Sai is outlining. However, I
have never heard of a high school offering a
linguistics class, even as an elective. If it's not on
the standardized tests these days, a subject is lucky
to get any notice at all. Our local high school almost
had a microbiology elective, but it was squashed by
the administration (even though the science teachers
and 15 students wanted the class). If you want to use
conlanging in a public high school, you'd have to
integrate it into an English curriculum. And altering
a curriculum or "safe" teaching method isn't easy with
the politics of education nowadays.
I think the other comment about looking at private and
charter schools is your best bet.

>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:22:26 -0800  Sai Emrys
<sai@...> wrote:
>So, I'm still looking for a "Real Job"...One thing
I've been thinking about lately is getting back into
teaching - high school or community college level,
since that's allI'd qualify for at present with only a
BA.

>What I'd really like to teach (and IMO could do well)
is linguistics -preferably, linguistics through
conlanging.
>The questions:
>1. Any comment on how viable it would be to teach a
linguistics class in a high school, or better, *how*
it would be viable?

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