Today we went to the Birmingham educational campus where they prepare future educators. Starting out the day we had a wonderful welcome speech from the assistant director of education and she briefly touched upon the topics that we would be discussing throughout the day. Afterwards we had a presentation from the cheerful Grant Huddleston about the basic layout of the English school systems. He taught us about how the different levels of education are formatted and what qualifications students need in order to reach the next level. After the basic overview of the education system he then discussed with us how to properly pose a research question. He gave a wonderful analogy comparing research to a forest. When conducting research, we need to focus on the specific details such as the who, what, where, why and how of the process. It was fun to work with partners and come up with an example of a research question that is really detailed. After Grant we met with two lovely former students of BCU that are officers of the Student Union. The women were very kind and gave us a little tour of the campus and what goes on in each section. I think it was a great connection with students who have studied there and to see just how things take place at this campus. After lunch we went back to the room to have our final lectures on Primary and Secondary levels of education. The woman who talked about primary education was so informative on the standard practices within the classroom and how things have been changing over the recent years. Something that I learned that really stuck with me is how she discussed how children are lacking resiliency after COVID. She said that a portion of that is due to learned behaviors that take place within the home outside of the school setting. The next individual talked about the same basic practices within secondary schools and mentioned how the curriculum has changed to only including books that are written by English authors.I found that quite interesting. Overall there are very similar practices that are taking place between England and the United States, with a few differences here and there. Within the educational realm, the only major differences is that students can take time off from school starting at the age of 16, instead of heading straight into their college. Another difference that I believe is quite amazing is that here at Birmingham, the nursing program has a specific section that teaches students how to handle and help individuals with learning disabilities. Something that I found to be quite different from the US to the UK that does not deal with education is the compassion that can be found for their students. Here at the University, we were informed that the chancellor had cut the food prices by 60% in hopes of aiding the students with their financial struggles. Back at the University of Pittsburgh, the prices of food are only increasing unfortunately.