Every time I sit down in the bathroom and look up I am faced
with a colorful eight by eleven sheet of paper. This paper just happens to be
Stall Stories, a weekly news sheet with about eight articles on it that is
placed in the Penn State bathroom stalls. One such article is the Know Your
Code section.
In The Know Your Code article, the code of the Pennsylvania State School is discussed in such a way that is easy to understand. Not only is it easy to understand but it is given in pieces so that you are not overwhelmed all at once with the stories. They give it to you in parts so that you can contemplate more on what is being read then on just reading it. I believe that Kairos plays a huge part in the know your code articles. When people are sitting on a toilet there is little there to distract them. Most of us are not getting up anytime soon. The article is also placed at eye level from where you sit down, so it is directly in front of our gazes. We have little else to do in a bathroom but read the paper in front of us. I know that my eyes are immediately drawn to. The paper also has ethos as it is a paper given by the school, not something random that a student printed and taped to the door, we can trust what they are saying.
Stall Stories is a smart way to keep the students informed
about what is happening that week, and the Know The Code section is a brilliant
way to help students know when they are doing something they are not supposed
to be doing. It teaches them the code that is otherwise unknown seeing as its
normal appearance is in a large book that is written in an archaic language
that is hard to decipher. I know I leave the bathroom with more knowledge than
what I came in with.
The Stall Stories is definitely strategically placed. After all, when some people are in the bathroom, what better things do they have to do? But in the same sense, I can honestly say that I know a lot of people that I know still do not read it. In any event, it is a valiant effort to get students to be involved and in the know.
ReplyDeleteI am not quite sure what you mean when you say "it is a brilliant way to help students know when they are doing something that they are not supposed to be doing." Usually they deal with alcohol or respect, and most of us have learned these principles in grade school. Also, the signs that deal with respect (like not using the hand dryer after 10:00p.m.) are usually never respected. Maybe it is just me, but as soon as I see a section that deals with how I need to be more responsible or what not, I lose interest. I cannot say the source is that credible either, for there are random sources throughout. Some students can write it, and I have even seen unknown sources at the bottom of some articles. Honestly, I only look at the movies part, or a title that has to do with a topic that is not overdone.
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