The Occupants of a Classroom
As I look around the room, I notice the teacher rambling about a topic that the students have no interest in. Some students are talking among themselves while the others are doodling or starring off into space dedicating all of their attention to everything, but the lesson. I notice the desks, lined up as if they are combats about to go to war. The white board as well, hanging in the middle of the room with scribble written by the teacher that looks like lines of blood because of the red marker that he/she used. The four computers that are as old as dust and hardly ever work are off the left taking up space and seem to have no true meaning of being inside of the classroom. The behaviors shown by the not so engaged students show that they aren’t really interested in gaining true knowledge. School is a space in which its occupants are suppose to help students gain more knowledge and teach them skills that they will use throughout life. However, it does the total opposite. This space is occupied by the occupants in the way that it should not be.