Weekly Response #1: The Michigan Diag

A classroom is any place where one learns or gains experience, for example the sea is the sailors classroom (Dictionary.com)  The Diag at U of M can be and is used in a variety of ways.  One of those uses can be a classroom.  Students, professors, and anyone walking through the diag will learn something.  At any given day there can be a protest, a lecture, a religious speech, a recruiting station, pamphlets being handed out, or flyers being posted.  The people in this space or classroom interact in many different ways as well.  There can be heated arguments, students listening to professors, people selling other people on different clubs or sports, the list can go on an on for the interactions between the people.  It all depends on what use the diag undertakes that specific time.

As you can see the Diag is not your typical classroom.  For one it is outside, there are trees and people about, and don't forget the squirrels.  It can be light or dark, cold or warm, windy or calm, noisy or loud.  It all depends on the amount of people whom are learning and gaining experience in the area.  It is a large area as well but can seem small in the ten to fifteen minutes between class periods.  Students, professors, faculty and staff at U of M may forget a normal classroom where they listened to a lecture but will almost all for sure remember the Diag and the experiences they learned from in the space.