Prompt for 10/28

Experimental College is extremely different from John Brown. The classes are student-led, and they aren’t for credit. It seems more of a community enrichment program than anything, which is their goal I think. It’s basically members of the Haverford community sharing their knowledge, interests, and skills with each other. Students are teachers, teachers are students, etcetera. I’m not really sure how I would do in this program... I’ve spent my entire life in usual classroom settings. I don’t really understand how ExCo classes are taught, besides that anyone can teach them. I respect my peers enough to learn from them, but I don’t think I would like having someone my age explicitly called “teacher,” while I’m still a “student.” To me, we’re all learning constantly, and I don’t feel like a lot of people my age are so far ahead of me that they are qualified to impart their wisdom onto me. I think the ExCo system would definitely fail at JBU. It’s a good concept, but no one would pay tuition for it. It has more of a club/interest group feeling than anything.


Thought Questions
1. Do students have authority over other students?
2. How could some aspects of ExCo benefit JBU?