Assignment:
Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your peers' posts by comparing your responses to their own. Extend their thinking by offering possible implications for teaching they may have overlooked.
1. What are the rules are for standing in the elevator? Where do people stand when there are only two or three people? What happens when a fourth person enters the elevator.
2. How would you feel if there were two people on the elevator and a third person entered and stood right next to you?
3. What happens when the elevator becomes more crowded and there are now four or more people?
4. How close will people stand? What is allowed to "touch?"
5. What do people look at in a crowded elevator?
6. When is it permissible to talk to the other people?
My answer to question one was different. I did not ask the people in the elevator to lean against the wall, but to just provide enough space so that everyone has their own bubble. I didn't feel like the people in the elevator needed to be told exactly where to stand, but to just allow for room.
In question three again I did not feel like I needed to tell others how to hold their briefcases and where to stand. Since I didn't know these people they may not have responded well to me telling them how they needed to stand in an elevator.
In question 5 I think that people are interested in other people and when I am in an elevator with people I do not know I look at them. I do not stare at them, but I find people interesting so I may look. When i do not want to be bothered I look at the ceiling until the elevator stops.
In question 6 I am very outgoing and sometimes I like to strike up a conversation about the weather or just engage in small talk. I wouldn't be loud, but I might smile or talk to my neighbor.