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Your parents can go in & talk to the curriculum specialist to get this straightened out. You are on the college track, but not the STEM track. With your math skills, you should be aiming for a STEM career, and those college doors will not be open for you at this rate.

In High School, you want a science-rich (STEM) curriculum through AP courses, particularly in biology, chemistry and physics. 4 years of English, 4 years of math, (I suggest also a minimum of 3 of a foreign language, preferably Russian, Japanese, Chinese; Spanish won’t help you in this field though it’s a common offering at American schools). If there are elective courses on government or communications, those can be useful as well.For college, I suggest you review astronaut biographies and job descriptions to choose a specific field and NASA’s list of requirements. Rather than simply being an “astronaut,” there are more complex titles including Commander, pilot and mission specialist that reflect a number of responsibilities and have specific requirements. Most are within STEM areas: sciences, medicine, mechanical and aerospace engineering and experience in and proof of piloting skills and leadership. There isn’t just a single route, nor do they want or need astronauts to all have the same set of skills. To do piloting, you’ll also have to go to piloting school: At least 1,000 hours pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft are required. Flight test experience is “highly desirable”. Attending the Air Force academy would be one route to combine STEM academics and flight training. By the way, NASA also has a number of physical requirements, as listed on the second link below. If you’re too tall or short or your eyesight is too poor, they’ll likely reject you regardless of your academic preparation.NASA Active AstronautsAstronaut Requirements

Technology can play an important role in the STEM learning process. The Office of Educational Technology, in partnership with Digital Promise, reviewed research literature on how technology can enrich STEM learning. They found nine ways that technology can help students engage with these subjects which are highlighted in this newly released report from the U.S. Department of Education Innovation Spotlights: Nine Dimensions for Supporting Powerful STEM Learning with Technology. This report is the result of a systematic review of the current research on the impact of integrating innovative digital technology in STEM and computer science curricula and classrooms.We hope that teachers, curriculum specialists, and other education leaders will learn how these methods can deepen students’ learning experiences. You can see these methods in action by clicking the link to each video.1.Dynamic Representations. Students learn or master STEM concepts through interacting with digital models, simulations, and dynamic representations of mathematical, scientific, and engineering systems.2.Collaborative Reasoning. Technology tools support students’ collaborative reasoning around STEM concepts, equalizing participation among group members and helping individuals and groups improve their ideas.3. Immediate and Individualized Feedback. Digital tools provide students practicing or learning STEM skills or concepts with immediate and individualized feedback, beyond right or wrong.4. Science Argumentation Skills. Students use technology that supports science argumentation skills including presenting and evaluating evidence about scientific or mathematical claims.5. Engineering Design Processes. Students plan, revise, implement, and test problem solutions using engineering design processes and appropriate support technologies.6. Computational Thinking. Students use technology to formulate and analyze problems and their solutions, reason abstractly, and automate procedures through algorithmic thinking.7. Project-based Interdisciplinary Learning. Students use digital technology tools in the context of authentic project- or challenge-based learning activities that integrate multiple STEM fields (e.g., science and mathematics).8. Embedded Assessments. Digital assessments are embedded in STEM instruction to prompt students’ reflection on the quality of their explanations, models, or problem solutions.9. Evidence-based Models. Students use technology to develop models based on data and evidence.