Exam One –
Next Tuesday (9/23)���Syllabus Quiz closes
tomorrow night at 11:59pm
My choices? �My life?
Free choices shape our lives��AND��External factors shape our lives
Giant sodas and
public health��Secondhand smoke
and public health
William “Will” Okrafo-Smart�Director, Recruitment�Teach for America
Household Income in Pennsylvania
U.S. Census - 2023
PENNSYLVANIA
SCHOOL FUNDING��State – 38 percent�Federal – 4 percent�Local (property tax) – 58 percent
Pennsylvania School Boards Association, 2021
Change Needs to Happen Now
Teach For America
Teacher Corps
(Post Grad Opportunity)
Application Deadline: October 20th
Ignite Fellowship (Spring Internship)
Application Deadline: November 19th
Jeff asked on the �YouTube Live Stream Chat
“Sam, what is the key to happiness when you see
choice and chance?”
Jennifer and Steven asked on the YouTube Live Stream Chat
“How do we learn to keep trying after multiple failures?
How do you make a failure into a teacher instead of a dark place in your life?”
Whopper from the Netherlands asked on the YouTube Live Stream Chat
“Free Will and Determinism
is a western way of thinking
(focusing on social sciences).
How does daoism change
this way of thinking?
(Daoism: things in life happen because they are part of the natural process.)”
Stephen from the UK asked
on the YouTube Live Stream Chat
“How many people do you think use their situation as an excuse for not achieving things?”