My name is Mariana Ortiz and I am a sophomore at Roosevelt University. I am from Carpentersville, Illinois, and attended schools in District 300 all throughout my K-12 education. As I look back at the education I received and analyze it through the article of Jean Anyon, "Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work" I am impressed with how differently students are educated based on their social class. Looking back at my own experience as a student, I believe that I received an education that encompasses aspects of all four kinds of education Anyon describes, but as I look closely the education system I went through most definitely was that of a Middle Class School. Throughout all grades, great emphasis was placed on getting the right answer. It did not necessarily matter the means to getting the correct answer, but rather how many you got correct, thus correlating that to your overall final grade.In many of my classes everything to the last detail was based on the textbook, the teacher would make lesson plans, notes and homework all off the book and that would leave little to no room for creativity. The main way I see my schools relating to Middle Class Schools is that we were always ingrained that if we did well in school, got good grades and behaved, we would easily end up going to college and getting a good job. The kinds of teachers I had as I went to school most definitely impacted the way I read and write today. I can recall that all through high school, the process of writing a research paper or any paper at all had strict rules and if they were not followed the consequence would be a failing grade. Due to the process I was taught in grade school and high school, when I got to Roosevelt the idea of having no real structure that everyone necessarily had to follow, made the idea of being creative and writing quite difficult. I was so used to following the 5 paragraph structure that my first college English class became a challenge, but with the help of my professor I was able to transition into a more creative form of writing. I truly believe that with the 4 different school systems that Anyon identified, definitely give sign of how the United States is stratified, that even the education system prepares you to continue in a cycle where the rich will always be rich and the poor will always stay poor, because no real opportunities are given to advance and change the status quo. Now that I am in college and have realized how I was educated I think I have been prepared to continue in the same cycle, where I have been geared towards an education and job for the middle class. I find it interesting how we all go through the education system, without realizing the impact that even the smallest things can have on our future in this country.