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The students at my school come from all different walks of life. The high school I teach at is in the suburbs of Texas. Our community is diverse in both culture and economic status. Texas recently adopted a new requirement for students called the 4x4 plan. It requires that all students take a fourth year of science in high school. Because of this, there was a need for more science choices for seniors. Our new aquatic science program will be mostly for seniors preparing to leave high school and enter either college or the working world. There will also be junior level students who take the class looking to "double-up" on science in order to make more room in their senior year class schedule. Whether they are juniors or seniors, they chose aquatic science over the other fourth year science classes, so they are interested in learning about this subject.
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The students at my school come from all different walks of life. The high school I teach at is in the suburbs of Texas. Our community is diverse in both culture and economic status. Texas recently adopted a new requirement for students called the 4x4 plan. It requires that all students take a fourth year of science in high school. Because of this, there was a need for more science choices for seniors. Our new aquatic science program will be mostly for seniors preparing to leave high school and enter either college or the working world. There will also be junior level students who take the class looking to "double-up" on science in order to make more room in their senior year class schedule. Whether they are juniors or seniors, they chose aquatic science over the other fourth year science classes, so they are interested in learning about this subject.