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My name is Jenna Pfeiffer and I am one of the interns for the 2010 Summer Institute. I am a rising junior majoring in anthropology and minoring in biology. I applied to work as an intern for this summer because I have a large interest in the apparent dichotomy that exists between students who label themselves as 'English' students and 'science' students. I always found it extremely interesting to listen to the opposition of friends who labeled themselves as ‘science’ students to take an English course and vice versa.  More so, I was always interested in ways of showing the overlap between the two rather than regarding them as two entirely different disciplines.

Another aspect of education that I find particularly interesting is how to make the classroom accessible for all students.  This goes hand in hand with the idea of eliminating barriers that exist within the classroom.

From this morning, I found the idea of finding the ‘right’ school for a particular individual very interesting.  Having attended public school throughout my life before enrolling at Bryn Mawr, I have not been exposed to private schools. I assume that I was under the (wrong) impression that schools such as private schools would be compatible for all students.  After our discussion this morning and discovering this is not the case, it caused me to think differently about private schools and public schools and how to place students in their proper learning environment.

I am extremely excited after the morning introductions to work with such a diverse group of teachers and I look forward to developing many of my preliminary thoughts and ideas with them!