This week our class was focused on the topic of education. Students shared their personal experiences, their frustrations with school, and their vision for an ideal education. Our dialogue was enriched by the presence and participation of a group of 4 students and two community organizers from the Southwest Youth Collaborative.
The Southwest Youth Collaborative is a community-based non-profit organization working to empower youth in the southwest side of Chicago through arts, activism, education, sports, job placement, and technology programs. For more information about the Collaborative visit their website at http://swyc.org
Questions we discussed in class:
1) what is education?
2) what is school?
3) are these two things the same?
4) if not, why?
5) in what ways does school limit our education? in what ways does it promote it?
Journal Prompts:
Because of spring break, we will not have class on Wednesday, March 26th. However, you are still responsible for two journal entries and a mandatory (and hopefully educational) visit to the Southwest Youth Collaborative. Logistics about the visit can be found on the following post.
Journal Prompt #1 (must be written and submitted before your visit to the Collaborative)
Part 1. What are your reflections from the class discussion? Feel free to respond to any of the questions posed above.
Part 2. Before you make your visit to the Southwest Youth Collaborative, what are your expectations of the trip? Are you nervous, excited, or apathetic? What do you think about this assignment?
Use this journal as an opportunity to self-reflect. If you feel uncomfortable sharing your journal entry with other readers, let us know, and we'll absolutely respect your request.
Journal Prompt #2 (must be written and submitted after your visit to the Collaborative)
Describe your experience. Compare and contrast it to your expectations. Were you surprised by anything? What did you learn? What new questions did you walk away with? Would you recommend the assignment to other UIC students?
Use this journal as an opportunity to self-reflect. If you feel uncomfortable sharing your journal entry with other readers, let us know, and we'll absolutely respect your request.
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I am glad that you guys assigned us this assignment. I think that it was a very good way to kind of wrap up this Honors Seminar's purpose, which I think is to open up our eyes to the many problems of the world and more specifically, of our communities. There is nothing like a firsthand experience of something that one is trying to learn about and understand, and I think that the visit to the SWYC was perfect.
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