Sunday, November 1, 2009

English Room Renovation Essay:


Des Cartes once said, " I think therefore I am," but it is very difficult to think with uncomfortable environment of the English room. Without a change to the English rooms structure, students will have difficulty feeling passion and creativity. The school should put forth the effort to help make the English room a place where kids can work hard and still relax. While other rooms require work, this English room needs to allow students to relax in order to do their best possible work.
Inside the English room, the students know to expect a cold area with colorless walls held together by hospital-like, tile flooring. As they walk through the room to their seat, the rows upon rows of the cages school calls desks, are set up in straight lines in order to keep things organized. While the students sit uncomfortably in the desks, all they can do is sit and listen to their teacher’s voice. Nothing can really catch their eye or give them something to listen to as a background noise. Instead of promoting creativity and knowledge, the school sees the need for everything to be neat and orderly.
Warmth, beauty, and nature should all be incorporated in a classroom. The first floor of the English room should be a place where students walk in and immediately feel warmth. A stone-lined fire pit in the center of the room adds warmth, decoration, and a soothing sound. Surrounded by a border of stones, a waterfall cascades from the ceiling into a miniature pond. Leather armchairs allow students to relax in an ideal spot for reading or studying place. Navy blue walls and a grass green carpet give a soothing sensation to the room. Two oak wood bookcases tower over the room, supplying students with a surplus of books for enjoyment, resources, and laptops. Alone in a corner, a spiral staircase leads students up to the second floor.
As warmth, beauty, and nature are important pieces of a classroom, these pieces have a potential to create a usable classroom on the second floor. A circle of armchairs allow student to see and hear other peers. At the center of the circle, a fire pit lined with stones adds warmth and beauty. Complimenting the fire pit, a dark brown carpet and navy blue walls tie the classroom together. Off to the side, a stainless steel fridge holds food and drinks for students and the teacher, and beside the fridge is a row of oak wood cabinets with a green granite countertop. In a corner of the room, a door leads to a tranquil atrium. This atrium holds many flower and bush hedges. For decoration there is a decorative well, a waterfall, and a koi pond. Many students would think this an ideal place for reading, talking, or studying because of the many benches. Students are given the opportunity to proceed to the third and final floor.
Instead of a having a classroom outside, students should be able to bring the outside in. When students enter the third floor room, they are walking on a clear floor with a river below holding fish. A waterfall softly cascades in a corner, while in the opposite corner; a koi pond lined with stones sits, showing students the beauty of nature. Large, white, leather couches are placed against separate walls giving the room a sophisticated and serene atmosphere. Three bookcases hold an excess of books for enjoyment, helpful resources, and laptops. Complimenting all the water is a plush white carpet, along with sky blue walls. This room should inspire students with natural and modern beauty.
With its uncomfortable interior, the English room does not allow students to be inspired or creative. Without a legitimate learning environment, students cannot succeed at showing their passion and true selves. By changing the furniture, color, and design of this room, teachers will detect a tremendous change in their student’s behavior. Passion, encouragement, and creativity will be expressed to it’s fullest, because of these few changes. Fixing the many issues of the English rooms should be one of the schools top priorities in order to increase the knowledge of their students.

2 comments:

  1. This is really good, Kelsey! I love how you used vocabulary, the word choice is great. I can actually picture the rooms in my head as I read it.

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  2. If I ever need In interior decorator in the future, I'm calling you. I can picture the whole room in my head. The way you describe it is like Shan-Gri-La(if that's spelled right). You could probably right a book about a school like this. It would probably be really good.

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