Ethnography

Ethnography

December 4, 2014

Finals Week!!

          It's 10:39 P.M here in Pete's Place on a Thursday night. It's pretty interesting to see how many students are in here preparing for finals. They are all on their individual computers and reading their books, taking notes and shortly conversing with others. It's super quiet in here, I feel like I'm being a disturbance by even typing.

There are all types of different race people and genders. I notice that many students are gathered in groups towards the back of the building. There's one group in particular that catch my attention. It's a group that consist of 2 females and 4 males. They seem to be reviewing for a Physics test.

They are speaking in mono-tone voices each taking turns to express their ideas. They are all sharing different methods on how to solve a particular problem on the white board. It's funny because the guys are constantly trying to " prove their dominance" by answering all of the questions then doing a little friendly gesture when they answer correctly.

The ladies however are not phased one bit by them and actually start laughing at their mediocrity. I think it's quite hilarious that some people start to panic towards finals and worry about their grades at the end of the semester instead of more at the beginning. This was a great way to end my observations for field notes.

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