Once a week we worked on a specific topic assigned by Marian. We did role playing (bought and sold stocks, for example), prepared a newspaper column, visited a local junior college, and picked wild strawberries. We even carried out a mock American-style election by printing out election ballots. Marian brought her shower curtain from home to set up a voting booth in the classroom.
在每週一個特定的主題下，瑪麗安要我們分組模擬買賣股票、編輯報紙專欄，還帶我們參觀社區大學、到鄉間採擷小野莓；甚至自行印製選票，在教室角落掛上她從家中拆下的浴簾，讓我們就地演練了一次美式選舉。