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I'm looking forward to interacting with and exchanging experiences with Parkway students about their experiences in education-- fromt the structure of their classroom and curriculum to the achievement gap and education reform. I'm also looking forward to the connections we can make from the things we address in class and Parkway students' experience. I  hope that the insight I will gain from our relationship with Parkway will increase my understanding of tracking, etc. 

I'm so excited to learn in a different way this semester. Through the blog and visiting Parkway West, I'm hoping to gain a new perspective on the way education works, learning from students who may see things differently. I'm also excited to take what we learn in class- facts and theories- and apply them to real life. Does Parkway West fit the theoires we have read about? Is it an exception? 

I'm hoping that from this class and the partnership with Parkway West I'll be able to get different vantage on the movies and theories that we will be learning. I've never taken a Praxis class before and I'm excited to see how the relationship works. I also hope to see what the lives of students who attend an urban school differ from my personal experience at a suburban school.

Educational experience spans - and simultaneously unites and divides - different groups, so I'm looking forward to seeing how Bryn Mawr/Haverford students' experiences and perspectives mesh (or don't mesh) with Parkway students'.  Further, the educational academy is a schooling format that I have little knowledge nor experience with, so this interaction is guaranteed to be illuminating; it's always helpful to have see another vantage point when it comes to a subject as charged and current as the educational system.  Finally, I'm excited to be a part of such a symbiotic relationship and look forward to meeting the Parkway West students!

I hope to experience learning in a different setting and format. I am curious to learn the possible differences in our educational pursuits and learning experiences. I am excited to be sharing our potentially different views and debating some of the more relevant issues in today's education system. 

During the partnership with Parkway West HS this semester, I would like to learn about how Parkway West is structured and the students' thoughts on this structure. I also look forward to having the chance to connect theory to practice outside of our classroom. I think that the debates that occur farther along in the semester will be interesting to engage in and im excited to hear about everyone's thoughts on the topics we will be discussing.

My hopes for this semester are to develop a stronger relationship with Parkway West High School, because I am a junior and I have never been there! I want to see how my environment and the other students’ environment influence our views on society and our future goals. I am also looking forward to the debate about testing the high school students will have later in the semester because I believe it is an important issue to dissect, especially to those of us who have taken or will take standardized tests. Finally, I hope to apply what I learn in class at Bryn Mawr to my experiences at Parkway West and vice versa.