CarrierLit&SocCLUE1b

CLUE 1b  Studying in a lounge The lounge is set up with multiple tables and chair for a comfortable environment for students to come and do homework or just hang out. Many of the lounges of a television and pop machine, which makes it a much more social environment for students. Looking at these chairs, they aren't really built for studying in. Also, how they are arranged in a semicircle makes it so students can sit and look at one another, making it easier to have a group hang out session, and with a table in the middle, maybe put food or a game out. Many times students may begin to use the lounge for studying, but they ultimately use it to socialize. Time Diaries __**Student #1**__  7:00 am - wake up   7:30 am - breakfast   8:00 am - 9:50 am - class   10:00 am - watch tv, relax   11:00 am - lunch   12:00 pm - 12:50 pm - class   1:00 pm - relax, homework   2:00 pm - 3:00 pm - gym   3:00 pm - shower   4:00 pm - 6:00 pm - homework, studying   6:30 pm - 7:30 pm - dinner   8:00 pm - 9:00 pm - tv, computer, hanging out with friends   9:00 pm - 10:00 pm - homework   10:30 pm - 11:00 pm - relax, watch tv   11:00 pm - 12:30 am - homework   1:00 am - bed __**Student #2**__  9:00 am - wake up   ﻿9:30 am - shower   10:00 am - 11:00 am - homework   11:00 am - 11:30 am - lunch   12:00 pm - 12:50 pm - class   1:00 pm - 2:30 pm - nap   3:00 pm - 3:50 pm - class   4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - relax   5:00 pm - 5:50 pm - class   6:00 pm - dinner   7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - homework/studying   9:00 pm - 11:00 pm - tv, relax   11:30 pm - 1:30 pm - homework   2:00 am - bed __**Student #3**__  7:30 am - wake up   8:00 am - 8:50 am - class   9:00 am - 9:50 am - class   10:00 am - 10:50 am - class   11:00 am - 12:00 pm - nap   12:30 pm - lunch   1:00 pm - 1:50 pm - class   2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - gym   4:00 pm - shower   4:30 pm - 5:00 pm - nap   5:30 pm - inner   6:00 pm - 7:00 pm - homework   7:30 pm - 9:00 pm - relax, watch tv/movies   9:00 pm - club   10:00 pm - late night   10:30 pm - 12:00 am homework   12:30 am - 2:00 am - tv, hanging out with friends, play video games   2:30 am - bed When I began to talk to other students at Bloomsburg, I began to notice there was a small group of them that seemed to have something in common. When they were either studying or hanging out with friends, they always said they usually were in a lounge in their dorm. Nathan also talked about how students at AnyU used lounges, but she only saw them used for studying. I thought everyone utilized the lounge as a study area, but I found out that really only a small amount of people do. They're a particular "group" of people. I went to one of the lounges in my dorm, and found at that time (early in the morning) no one was there, but later in the day more and more students came in. They said they enjoyed being able to come in to a lounge and be able to study with people that don't mind background noise or music, or even just talking. The more I thought about it, I consider them a part of a culture of "multi-taskers" and "social butterflies". Not everyone can multitask with ease, and not everyone wants to socialize and be around other people. I know for myself, I need complete silence to concentrate completely on studying, and I am unable to talk and text at the same time. These students share the ability to do multiple things at once, so they almost need a chaotic surrounding to get anything done. A lot of the time I noticed however, they get off task and just talk and hang out and forget about homework. I saw how this ties into a big idea I have about how college, a lot of the time, seems to be socializing with a side of academics.