By Fontana News Room, Photo: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times, Fontana News Room, February 7, 2022
When I conjure the image of a typical public school — the bright fluorescent lighting, the hard, unyielding plastic desk chairs and the shrill bells that announce the beginning and end of class — the word “calming” doesn’t exactly come to mind. Combine that with the frenetic energy that comes with 15 to 30 students crammed into a relatively small room all day, and you’ve got a recipe for overstimulation.
Teachers do the best they can. But for the most part, classrooms aren’t conducive to relaxation, and students historically haven’t gotten much of a reprieve from the sterile institutional environment during the school day, apart from P.E.
Teachers do the best they can. But for the most part, classrooms aren’t conducive to relaxation, and students historically haven’t gotten much of a reprieve from the sterile institutional environment during the school day, apart from P.E.
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