Meeting New People

Walking up to the old, gray, heavy, wooden door and stretching your arm to reach the metal, germ infested handle, gripping its smooth, cold, dirty, surface, the handle is pushed down and the door creaks open. Heads turn as hundreds of curious, judgmental eyes stare at your arrival. Hundreds of eyes filled with humanly emotion.

Some filled maybe with worry from starting off their first day of college, some may be filled with happiness, excited to see old friends again, moving to a new area, or making their payment on something desired and some may be filled with anger from losing their home or breaking a relationship, you can see the emotion in their eyes, judging you as you sit down into an empty blue chair.

The room is in cold silence as you survey the room, glancing at whoever walks through the door. The process is repeated week every week. No one acknowledges each other while we all judge ourselves and the rest of the classmates. Being in a new environment ether starting a new job, moving to a new home, or attending a n

ew learning environment is nerve racking. From my personal opinion, attending a new class is ghostlike.   One can make the argument that they do not think thoughts of others but we all form opinions of each other whether they may be positive or negative. Giving your students questions and being forced to talk to others eliminates that fear if others may like them or being accepted with their fellow classmates.

It creates a cheerful classroom environment and both makes learning enjoyable for both the students and the professors. That way students understand the material they need to learn and their professor can not only learn from their students but have a positive relationship with them as well.