Prompt 1

When walking into any place, the appearance is extremely important. The school I attended was not so welcoming. The school looked old and of low quality. When I walked in, the inside was as welcoming as the outside. The inside looked old and like it needed a lot of renovations. When I walked up the stairs, to the office, I noticed how small it was. The office, like the rest of the building, looked old and grungy. The secretaries resembled the school very much because they were not welcoming. When I walked into the office, they paid me, as well as others, no attention. Once I left the office, I entered the hallways. They were so bare. The walls were lines with rusty lockers and empty bulletin boards. The hallways did not seem like they were promoting a safe and comforting learning environment. The only semi-welcoming things in the hallways were the inspirational posters that were scarcely scattered on the walls. They seemed to be drowned out by the dingy walls and rusting pipes line the halls. I was not looking forward to seeing what my classroom looked like. When I walked in, however, I walked into a very pleasant surprise. The room was so bright and colorful. It was such a relief. Students work plastered the wall. It was comforting to see that at least teachers put their students work on display somewhere.
When I walked into the room I did not feel uneasy or overwhelmed. The kindergarten room was very busy. There were things all over the walls in the classroom. Things were over lapping on the walls. The walls were covered with students work. Personally I think the students work was the best part of the room. The pictures and words written were really great to see. They are not great spellers so it is so interesting to see how they think words are spelled from how they say them. Besides all of the students work, the walls contained many things. In the front of the room where the students sat to do their morning rituals, there was a calendar, a weather wheel, a list of days of the week, and the order of subjects they are doing that day. Above all of that stuff was a list of all of the letters they have learned so far this year. Next to the cubby and bathrooms was a list of words. These were the difficult words they have learned so far. Two of the words that caught my eye were chameleon and Antarctica. Those two words went along with two books they read. The wall across from the bathrooms contained classroom rules and a spot for the student of the week. Each week a student brings in pictures of themselves and the pictures are placed around the poem in the middle. Every week a new student is picked. It was very clear that the students work was highly valued. The hard work the students put into their work did not go unnoticed at all.