Best of Week: Interuptions

At the beginning of any class there is a sort of energy in the room. At the end of any class there is a sense of sleepiness in the room. We like interuptions, we like it when our teacher messes something up and we have a few minutes to talk about anything. The best thing I observed this week was when we come back from a break or our mini passing period. There's almost like a sense of hope in the room; people thinking that maybe today, the class won't be too boring or we won't talk about something we always talk about. Why is it that teenagers have such a short attention span? I'll be the first to admit that once we start talking about something for too long, I start to count the ceiling tiles. We need an interuption to stimulate our thoughts, to give us a laugh or to just wake us up a little. Not everything has to be perfect, and maybe someone being rude just to say a thought would make things liven up a little.

You can see that in books, music, plays...everything needs an interuption no matter how small it is. Teenagers have short attention spans...a little wake up call isn't too hard.