English Classroom

By Delaney McCabe

Hour 4

10/15/09

English classrooms should be more imaginative comfortable and creative places for kids to learn, and schools can do that by changing just a few things. Kids who like their school learn more daily. Kids who don’t like school learn much less, and forget a lot more of what they hear. 93% of kids don’t like their schools, so that’s a lot of kids not learning at their maximum ability!

The most important improvement for schools and students to make is getting different flooring, because most classrooms have linoleum flooring, and that and that doesn’t belong in English classrooms. Schools would be so much better off with colored carpet on the floor! The floors would be even better with two different colors in a pattern, like checkered! Another thing that would be fun to have is a rug outside the classroom that matches the carpet inside the classroom. One good color to use for the carpet is blue, because science proves that it’s the most calming color. A different good color is green, because geniuses choose green!
Once you have changed the floor from the science room linoleum to carpet, the next thing that schools will want to change is the ancient, hard, wooden desks, and especially the desks with a bar on one side connecting the chair to the desk. Desks are very hard and uncomfortable. Plus, the chairs force you to sit up straight, if you want to use the backrest. Schools should buy much softer desks or chairs for students to sit on. If I got to choose, what’s best, is for schools to get soft and fuzzy bean bag chairs. They should also use clipboards, instead of desk tops, so students can move around more easily.

After schools have taken care of the terrible desks, the last part that should be changed is an area on the walls, and schools need to remodel that space. Teachers should change that area into a café like Panera. There, kids can buy coffee and drinks, or snacks like pastries. It would be best on the side, or back, of the room, because otherwise if the café was in the front of the room, whoever was working would feel like people were staring at them, because that’s where the teacher stands. English is right before lunch so everyone is always hungry. This way schools could raise a lot of money and if kids are less hungry they will focus more.

After knowing what’s wrong with schools, like the desks and flooring, hopefully they’ll change at least the flooring and desks like I mentioned. All of my fabulous ideas such as the café are to help kids’ education, and a few improvements like desks and the floor, will help kids learn more by being in a better environment. Now schools, it’s time to get to your classrooms and start making my ideas come to life!