Marquise Triplett '10 - Today was the first day went all went to our schools. Austin is an atlernative school for at risk teens. Their ages ranges mainly from 16-21 but they also have some students that are over 21. The students remind me of myself and other students that I went to school with when I was in high school. They have shown me how much I have grown an developed as a oung man being at Wabash.

I am working with two different math teachers. One has been teaching for over 30 years and the other teacher is roughly newer to the experince; she has been teaching for about 3 years. Unlike the traditional teaching style, these math teachers do not lecture. They do review way of teaching. They bring students to the level of the standards in order to pass to get their high school diploma. It is a change for these teachers because many of the students have no interest in math and some barely come to school let alone class. Usual the older ones are more mature and tend to get their work done.

The expierence for me is like being back in high school. The only difference is that I am no longer part of the students' popular; I am on the other side of the fence. I know what it was like being in these students' shoes, but they just took it one step in the wrong direction. One of my goals is to maybe give them a prep talk and show interest to hopefully motovate them in the right direction like my family did for me.