Attention: All Adv. Cooking Students
The last couple of days in class return students have asked me, "What do I exactly get for repeating the same course?" and "Why is there not an Adv. Cooking II Course?". Now that I have had contact with the Denver Chapter of the ACF (American Culinary Federation) I can now officially give you a heads up as to what "repeat students" receive. For starters allow me to declare the following, not only am I now an Official Professional Member of the Denver Chapter of the ACF, but I am presently in the processes of being nominated to join the ACF Culinary National Team. This particular accomplishment is interesting since I am the first teacher to be nominated onto the National Team (most of the others own restaurants).
So what does this mean to the students? I'll answer that right now, for starters the ACF has agreed that each year of Adv. Cooking at Clairbourn High is equivalent to one semester credit in any ACF Approved Culinary University. While that is all good and peachy what is even better is that due to the skill of everybody's favorite Lunch Staffer the WACS (World Association of Chef's Society) has allowed one year of Adv. Cooking to be the equivalence of a semester credit in any Culinary University Approved by the WACS. There is however a catch to it all, in order to receive credit after high school graduation you must join the ACF as a "Student Culinarian". Membership dues are roughly 90 dollars year and joining the Federation keeps you in the loop and gives you the backing of the US' most influential group of cooks. Also the ACF has several scholarships available to those who want to go to an accredited culinary university.
On one final note the ACF has also suggested that since I am the only member in Clairbourn that I should create a youth cooking team to compete in regional competitions (since there are two regional spots open for teams). To make a team I will need at least five students to volunteer, however as of right now I can only think of about three I would accept. It makes little difference to me one way or the other whether Clairbourn gets the regional bid or not, but I refuse to have any of my worthwhile cooks be embarrassed by dead-weight. So if you're that interested in joining the team I suggest you sharpen the hell up and take Adv. Cooking a little more seriously.
And for all you morons who didn't know any better, yes I am still allowing transfers, I would suggest you hurry up and talk to your guidance counselor.
So what does this mean to the students? I'll answer that right now, for starters the ACF has agreed that each year of Adv. Cooking at Clairbourn High is equivalent to one semester credit in any ACF Approved Culinary University. While that is all good and peachy what is even better is that due to the skill of everybody's favorite Lunch Staffer the WACS (World Association of Chef's Society) has allowed one year of Adv. Cooking to be the equivalence of a semester credit in any Culinary University Approved by the WACS. There is however a catch to it all, in order to receive credit after high school graduation you must join the ACF as a "Student Culinarian". Membership dues are roughly 90 dollars year and joining the Federation keeps you in the loop and gives you the backing of the US' most influential group of cooks. Also the ACF has several scholarships available to those who want to go to an accredited culinary university.
On one final note the ACF has also suggested that since I am the only member in Clairbourn that I should create a youth cooking team to compete in regional competitions (since there are two regional spots open for teams). To make a team I will need at least five students to volunteer, however as of right now I can only think of about three I would accept. It makes little difference to me one way or the other whether Clairbourn gets the regional bid or not, but I refuse to have any of my worthwhile cooks be embarrassed by dead-weight. So if you're that interested in joining the team I suggest you sharpen the hell up and take Adv. Cooking a little more seriously.
And for all you morons who didn't know any better, yes I am still allowing transfers, I would suggest you hurry up and talk to your guidance counselor.