Fifth Graders at Squadron Line all believe that our desks are hideous. They think this because the latches are broken, there is a giant safety threat, and the sizes are a huge problem. Our desks really are horrible.
Strangely enough, many of our desks have broken latches. Frequently, the desks open farther than they’re supposed to. Earlier this year, someone’s desk was lifted and it hit me in the head. From that moment on, he had to warn me whenever he was about to open the broken desk. Unquestionably, around 55% of the 5th graders have this problem. About 44% of the other students have the opposite problem, the desk won’t open far enough and won’t close. Sometimes you hear the desks creek when students try to open their desks far enough so
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In more than one occasion, the legs have snapped. Izzy, a student in Mrs. Butler’s class had that happen to her. When she was sharpening her pencil, the desk caved in like a hurricane had blown on it. If Izzy was sitting there, it would have been an even larger disaster. Legs also fell of last year in Mrs. Lotstein room. This time, the student was just working at his desk and the disk collapsed a few inches away from his legs. Of course, this isn’t the only problem; desks have been falling over due to lack of weight. For instance, someone in Mrs. Griffin’s class had her desk tip over. She had to put things in her desk so it wouldn’t fall when she tried to get a folder out. As a result, the falling of a desk could hurt your neighbors. This has become a problem with many desks in our classes. Desks not staying up also poses a safety threat. Many times, children have slammed their fingers with the lids. For example, I once had to go to the nurse after I had slammed my fingers. After that, I had to get a new desk. Can you imagine your fingers turning black and blue and swelling up. I bet the nurse is tired of seeing that from the fifth grade. New desks would definitely help the problem of
According to C. J. Goldberg, ever since schools have gotten rid of lockers there has been a rise in Scoliosis.The rise of Scoliosis is do to the heavy backpacks being hauled around all day. There is not a place students can keep their belongings. Although school lockers are expensive, all school should provide lockers to decrease the rise of Scoliosis, prevent people belongings from being taken, and so students will not leave there items at home.
There are many ways to deal with student disruptions in the classroom. The abovementioned tools and interventions are just some of the things I can use as a teacher to make sure that there are fewer disputations in my classroom. I understand that students are all individuals and the interventions I have discussed may not be relevant for everyone. Therefore, I am always open to learn more ways to better serve my students and minimize classroom
At Katherine Elementary School Dr Vandaveer has her own portable where she can test students. Her desk is in one corner and there was a kidney-shaped table with a few chairs on the side of the room. Other than a couple filing cabinets the room was fairly sparse. There was nothing on the walls.
In addition to individual student PC’s, there are 15 traditional student desks that are used for discussion areas and for students to use when not on the PC. Some students find it more
After a while of sitting students’ eyes begin to burn from the bright fluorescent lights on the ceiling. One also begins to realize that not only are their eyes hurting but their back is as well from sitting in the small desk. A small plastic chair with a board attached to the right side, that’s what students sit in. One immediately feels bad for left handed people because writing with one’s right hand on the narrow board is hard enough as it is. With the desks being so cramped together students can only stretch out their legs so far before they hit the desk in front of them or run the risk of tripping the professor pacing a small portion of the floor in the front of the classroom. It’s warm in the classroom and only getting warmer making things even more uncomfortable.
Tell students to take out their pencils and review Safety first rules. Review if needed
lighting. If this is not available then finding a safe zone within the classroom for them can help
A problem that we as students of Huston-Tillotson University see on a daily basis is the current furnishings for the classrooms. The furnishings reflect the academic students of HT and in order to improve the campus in ways that are beneficial, this presentation will show positive ways to produce productive learning environment. This presentation will provide information to start implementing a modern look to the furniture beginning with the high activity areas of campus.
Big bookshelves on the walls were making seem the wooden desk a little piece of furnishing.
In my school, ROWVA Central Elementary, we have a problem of losing our things in our desks. Since we can’t find things in our desks, then a various number of people end up getting late homework and either you have to redo the assignment or earn a zero on it. When you gain zeroes, then your grade immediately goes down and you have to work to get it back up. One solution for this problem is we Another solution is that we could keep our desk organized and remember to keep all the same subject together so we don’t have to dig around in our desks to find what we need. Also, maybe there could be one day where everyone cleans out their desks and takes home any graded papers that they had kept in their folders. We could have everyone make
In my class at Peavy the students are allowed to go the bathroom at any time as long as they flip the sign on the door. The students are expected to work on their handwriting folder after they finish copying their vocabulary and sight words. When the kids do well the teacher gives them a puffball. When they misbehave she moves their clip down the posted sign. When they are very on target she moves them from the neutral position to the positive position.
It is very often that as a teacher I am encouraging my students to “sit up straight”, “face forward”, and “put your legs under your desk”. Would I have any sympathy for a student who responded by telling me that they couldn’t because their body would not allow them to do that based on the furniture that I have provided them in the classroom? Probably not. Students spend close to 30% of their total day in school and for the majority of that time, they are seated for long periods (Linton, Hellsing, Halme, & Akerstedt, 1994). And for the most part, the furniture in the classrooms is not designed to promote a good seating posture, which affects the students’ behavior and optimal performance (Mandal, 1981) Children who are uncomfortable in their seats may tend to demonstrate behaviors deemed inappropriate in the classroom. These behaviors may take the form of fidgeting, rocking, or other changes in their positions to take away any discomfort they are feeling. The student may seem inattentive, when in fact they are trying to cope with the discomfort they are feeling because of the chair (Oxford, 1969).
All of our desks are aligned in a perfect circle. There're several seats covered in years of dust. They all haven't been part of this circle for many years.
“Tables aren’t stable. Liquids don’t look right when they are in big containers. … Window panes can break. Doors don’t close right,” Santoyo said.
Mom hired someone to design a desk for me. My desk has floral prints all over and for the writing area, it's covered with clear. The plastic is smooth and flat, so I don't have any problem with writing. There are three drawers on both side. And there is a mirror attached to it. There is a small wall with the mirror attached. The small wall also support spiral shelves on both sides. The spiral shelves are designed like spiral staircases. The spiral shelves can turn around if you spin it. I like to keep tiny things on their, like my make up and lip