Reflection:
During my K-12 education, I always felt like I had good classrooms. My teachers were always present and engaging, the rooms were always clean and decorated with educational posters and our work, and we sometimes had choices on differing assignments we could do. One of my favorite parts of my schools was that there were always murals painted on the walls, whether it be in the hallway, library, music room, or cafeteria. It isn't until you are exposed to a different setting that you realize how good you had it, or even what could've been improved on. Even though I felt like I was always in good classrooms, there are some critiques I could think of now after reading Kahn, or even just after experiencing a variety of classrooms during my college education.
My classes mostly always prioritized teacher led instruction. We were rarely allowed to interact with our peers during work time, unless we were doing stations or groupwork. You would have to raise your hand before you could speak. Our desks were almost always in rows facing the front of the class, in fact it was like a treat when you walked in and saw they were in pods or a fishbowl set up. For the most part everyone would be doing the same assignment. It wasn't until middle/ high school where there would occasionally be a choice for your homework or project or in class assignment. Growing up, I would go to the middle or high school for band concerts and the halls would be lined with the band/ chorus/ sports trophies. By the time I got to school there was boxes dedicated to student artwork in every hallway and community bulletin boards/ TV's by the main doors.
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