Assignment:
'No One Ever Taught Me Any of That.'
Incarcerated men and women in New York State are admitted to the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), one of the mmost rigorous college programs in America. As they begin their studies at Eastern and Taconic Correctional facilities, they discover that they will be held to the same high standards as Bard College students on the main campus in Annandale-on-Hudson.
And write up a minimum two-page (400 to 500 words a typical page)
Reaction Paperm to the episode commenting on the some of the adult students profiled in the first episode and rather than discuss the idea of taxpayer-funded prison college education, instead discuss the various barriers that the students and their college professors have to overcome in this rather unique "educational" setting.