Reason #20 The growth of democracy

Today, as students were starting to come into my more “energetic” class, one student had a suggestion that I move a few students around to help with “acoustics”, you could say.  I told her that I would keep that in mind as class went on and we talked about what I had tried in the past. 

As students were working on writing a paper contemplating the question “Is it possible to transform the lives of others?” a few students were posing some “acoustic” challenges.  I addressed the whole class saying that they needed to work more quietly because some had already put in a “seat request” for them and they were proving why that might be a good idea. That captured the attention of everyone.  

To make it even better, the student who started the conversation with me to begin with asked “”Is that like a friend request on Facebook?"  Perfect!  It could not have been scripted better!  I responded that it was exactly that.  I then said that anyone could put in a request. 

In about 30 seconds one of the students with the said “acoustic challenge” jumped up and handed me a “Seat request” and another followed in another 20 seconds.  I told them that the request would be considered and either accepted or rejected. All voices will be acknowledged. 

Our classroom just got even more interesting….in a way never imagined!  

Democracy continues to grow! 

This is why I teach!