Ximena, 9

Our class has got to be the coolest in hunter college. We've held two classes outside of the regular, bland, humid, windowless and extremely depressing classroom and what a treat it has been. How refreshing, literally & metaphorically speaking, it was to hold our workshops outside. I've had a handfull of courses in the C-level of Hunter North and in every class there was at least a minutes wasted of the class time complaining about how hot/cold/humid/uncomfortable and crowded the space felt. Our rooms are small... the humming of the vents and florescent lights set the perfect mood for a bad insane asylum movie in which none of the patients are actually crazy but are expected to act civilized and be knowledgeable.

I'm not about to offer a solution to fix the mundane classrooms we learn in... It is more of a rant and a praise to how progressive our experience was. Paul kind of already spoke about how different both experiences where and I could not agree more. I have to admit I was a little nervous because the city is so noisy. the first thing that came to mind was AIR POLLUTION! Noise pollution aside from harming our hearing, also affects our fight or flight response; the physiological response and shock to our nervous system caused by loud noises. An exceeded amount of these reactions causes cardiovascular damage according to A.J. Jacobs' TED talk about healthy living. New York City probably never sleeps because of all the noise, how were we supposed to hold a lesson outside....

Now,  I'm really looking forward for the next class at the terrace or the park. Really excited because it was so fun to change things up.