YouScienceReviews of youscience.com

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I am a video and film teacher that is located in a public arts high school. Before I started teaching, I worked in the IATSE film industry. When I started teaching, the items that were being presented top the students were very exaggerated from what we learn in the industry. I was having a hard time figuring out how I was going to give students the opportunity to express themselves creatively, while learning and understanding what actually happens in the film industry. When I discovered YouScience and learned about the Precisions exams and the Seamless platform, I knew the direction that I wanted to put my program in. This school year, I tested my students on the Video Production 1 Precision exam to test their knowledge and see how well I have been teaching my students. all of my video & film students Freshmen to Senior have earned and received a Video Production 1 Certification. The Precision Exam platform has shown me as an educator, that I am providing the right material to help my students succeed. Moving forward, Next year, I plan on hyper-focusing Seamless and taking on the database to use it as effectively as I can. This school year, I introduced Seamless to my students and we attempted to use the platform, but due to district restrictions (school emails whitelisted seamless by district) and my lack of understanding the difference from opportunities and activities, I do not think we as a class used Seamless as effectively as we wanted to. Once next school year starts, I plan on understanding the platform the best of my knowledge and also adding some of my professional industry partners to the platform also.

I feel like should be a salesperson for YouScience! I have seen the impact for our students as well as my own personal children. When one of my children was preparing to graduate, he said he didn't understand how people just knew what they wanted to do with the rest of their lives while he was unsure. I had him take the YouScience Discovery, and as he read through the reports and information, I could see him start to relax and reflect all of his strengths, areas of growth, and possible career choices. He became more confident in himself. It made such an impact that my youngest son asked when he was going to take the test that would tell him what to do with the rest of his life! I really enjoy that it helps students learn about what they are good at even though they might not know. I encourage people all the time to look into this option for their students and their own children.

There are many instances of positive experiences. I love to hear the students talk about their results with each other. I hear things like,"Wow I didn't know I had the aptitude to do that!" When I am advising a student that is not sure about course selection, we look at their results and talk about courses they can take in high school to further explore their are of interest/aptitude.

Test questions on the phone are quickly taken care of.

The YouScience assessment is very difficult for 7th graders. The majority of students become very frustrated and don't try their best. Their results are inaccurate because they didn't have the maturity or readiness for such a difficult assessment.

YouScience is a thorough, aptitudes based assessment. The "brain games" were well received by our students and the research options were easy to use.

The training was good and the review on the website was a helpful too. Great response to a crash while trying to test, good support.