Public Place:
As I sat in the windward cafe this past weekend I seemed to notice how many kids use it as their study space. As I sat there struggling to finish one homework assignment I asked myself, how do student concentrate with all the commotion? There was load voices, machines going off, and multiple different conversations going on. Was it easy for them to focus on the material with all the background noise? Was it simply just the time of the day I was there that happened to be noisy? Was it because it was a weekend day, not a weekday? I do think that it is a peaceful place to do homework on somedays but maybe just not a weekday. Its a nice place to get a coffee, and do homework. Considering it was a weekend was this a known hangout spot, or somewhere parents visiting just wanting to catch up with their kids at? All I concluded from it was that I can not study, or do work in the windward cafe. It is a modern place to go to but just socially not academically.
Private Place:
As I laid in my bed over the weekend I asked myself the question, does a college student get the full effect of “Home” in their dorm? If you look at a average dorm as a freshmen the walls are made out of concrete bricks, that are painted blue and cream. For my after a long stressful day I want to be able to go “Home” and feel comfortable. Its pretty hard to do that when it feels like I am in an institutional setting. Why do they make these rooms so institutional? Is it for the reason that not everyones home is the same? Home for me isn’t a twin size bed, shared with two other girls. Also a bathroom where i feel like I’m being judged or watched. I have noticed that not only me but my roommates as well do not enjoy being in the room, other than when we want to lay down. How am I getting my moneys worth, I have come to the conclusion that i wouldn’t get my money worth.
