Bard Prison Initiative Alum Alexander Hall ’17 on Discovering Calculus, Mandarin, and the College Degree He Never Knew He Wanted
Alexander Hall (foreground) taking part in a BPI course at Eastern Correctional Facility.
“I went from hating school as an adolescent to loving it as an adult. And my path from public education to private college tells the story of the power that education, done right, can have—even in the darkest of places. Because here’s the twist: when I finally did encounter this real education, I was five years into a 15-year sentence in state prison.”
Post Date: 08-28-2019
Post Date: 08-28-2019