Routine

Every day that students go into a classroom they're expected to sit down, be quiet, and listen to the teachers instructions... on most occasions. Once I got to Sociology I should have known that something would be different. The "awkward silence" that we experienced the first day was interesting to me. I didn't really catch on at first, but then I thought "Ooh...he's doing this to see how we react..." because people respond to things in different ways and we are trained to act a certain way, as well. He also was observing to see the patterns that we've developed over time. We've grown so accustomed to this that we developed a pattern and now we practice it for every single period of every single day we attend school. I agree with the idea that students expect teachers to provide them with everything they need. I often find myself wanting the simple way of having the teacher just tell me what do- and I'll do it. But I'm also doing it to get the points, not necessarily to attain the knowledge. I really like the fact that we are going to do community service because it makes everyone feel satisfied and accomplished knowing that they helped others in their community. I guess I like the idea of blogging to teach each other because we get a chance to totally write down what we think whereas in class I don't think we get the same opportunity.