...In biological classification, family (Latin: familia) is
- a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the prefix sub-: subfamily (Latin: subfamilia).
- a taxonomic unit, a taxon, in that rank. In that case the plural is families (Latin familiae)
- :Example: "Walnuts and Hickories belong to the Walnut family. Read full entry
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I want a career in biology.I I have a family and I'm
currently going back to school
in biology the only problem is
that I don't want a job where
I have to travel away from my
family. I do really love
animals and want to work with
them. Can you help me decide
which field will be best for
me?
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If you love Biology, choose any field that most appeals to you. You can take some time to get a teacher's certification (depending on your state one year approx.) Then work teaching Biology or sciences at a High School (perfect to work your schedule around your family), then later on you could go back to your dream of working full time in your field. |
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What career could I support a My mom's a social worker and I
have no desire to do that for
a living...
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I taught high school biology 30 years ago, and then left the field to become an award winning home builder. Unfortunately; once teaching biology, there is little else you can do to afford yourself pay increases, but go into administration. What you will no doubt find, is that the system is set up so that the most talented of educators are in the classroom, and that the best pay is outside of it. Given your 2 choices, and the reality that you need to provide for your family, Clinical Licensed Social Work may be the way to go. It is a great question by the way, and it leads one to see what is wrong with our education system. It is absurd to think that as a society, we tend to discount our best asset, which is our youth, and do that by setting up a system of pay that precludes the very best from entering the field? I know my CPA could teach high school bookeeping, but why would he when he can make a 6 figure income with his own business? I know that a biologist for the state could teach high school biology, but why would he/she do that if they are to earn less? From my own viewpoint, things like tenure, teacher "certification", and teacher unions, tend to stifle the system from improving upon itself, and in the end, just like in the private sector, one must perform their job lest they be fired and replaced, and we should always be striving to find the best teachers to form the minds of our asset base, which is our youth. In a capitalistic and free market society, the only way to do that is with "$ PAY", and education is just not set up that way. In fact, here in Florida, the best paid teachers are the ones who took easy course work in college, like physical education, and then became a football coach? Go figure. |
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How big is your family? (Think I have been preoccupied with
this question because it
causes us to examine how we
define the group of people to
which we have a relationship
and for which we feel a
responsibility.
For example, if your family is
as big as your school
district, you won't believe in
property taxes going into a
state pool and distributed to
all school districts equally
based on need. If your family
is as big is your state, you
will believe in richer school
districts funding poor school
districts within the same
state.
For example, if your family is
as bigger than your country,
you may believe that
immigrants should be allowed
the basic priviledges of U.S.
citizens such as in-state
tuition to state schools or
Medicaid.
If you family ends at your
driveway, you may think, "Me
for me and you for you; who
gives a crap about anybody
outside my circle."
Just curious, how big is YOUR
family and why?
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I guess my family is huge then, because I would include all the people I've known and communities I have livedd in around the U.S. I consider my kids' friends all part of my family, and by extension I believe all children are part of the world family. Good question, and good thoughts! |
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