Learning Through Doing: Service Learning in Teacher Education

     I have enjoyed this semester working with the Foothills students, because I was able to see another alternative version of education. I think it is important that, as educators, we get outside of the limiting box that we can be confined to because of our own education where school is concerned. I don't think I ever really gave night school a thought before this semester; now I have seen firsthand the benefits it affords students. Although it may not still be my preferred method of learning, I can understand how this is the best options for some students. For these students, this small alternative-style school provides the necessary supported needed to help them succeed, such as one-on-one instruction with a teacher, flexible hours, and pacing geared towards every individual student.     As a future teacher I think that it is important that I had the opportunity to experience this kind of classroom. It can serve as a reminder to me that some students do not function as well