Thinking About Education: Free-write response to Anyon

3) In what ways do your educational experiences contradict Anyon's observation?

I couldn't think far back to middle school so I chose to write about my educational experience in high school. Based off Anyon's story and her observations I would have to disagree with how the different type of schools are categorized. I attended Woodside High, a public high school, for four full years. So, from my experiences and observations I would have to say that Woodside is a mixture of the all "type of schools" curriculum: Working class, Middle-class, Affluent and Executive elite. Woodside had it's pros and cons regarding its teachers and how they decided to teach their classes, and that is how the mixture of all four is created. For example, the classes that I remember having the all "type of schools" curriculum were my English, Social Studies and Math classes.

6) What surprised you the most about Anyon's study?

I must say that back in middle school, transitioning into high school,  I never really became fully aware as to why I wasn't able to attend the school of my choice, because of where I lived. I was originally supposed to go to East Palo Alto High school, which was a school that I did not want to attend, because it was claimed to be a bad school. I was then told that Woodside high school only accepted students from that city, which meant I wouldn't be able to attend. However, someway, somehow I ended up going to Woodside and it was in my freshman that I noticed the "type of school" it was. Comparing it to E. Palo Alto High the education atmosphere at Woodside was so much more productive. Going back to Anyon's study, after reading her story I then realized that my theory of the "type of schools" that I had contemplated was confirmed, which was a surprising.