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I thought that Crystal's presentation was very informative and well put together. When we were talking about the design of high schools and how lost people feel as well as the placement of classrooms. It's amazing to go back and think how my high school was designed. In my school, Battle Mountain High School, we had probably just under 400 students. The office and faculty area were all downstairs by the "commons" area where everyone hung out between classes and during nutrition break. Around the commons area there were classrooms, which was beneficial for teachers being able to watch students so that there weren't fights or anything going on. I feel like because the commons were in the center of the school people were less likely to get in fights, however, if there were ever meetings or stuff going on in the commons it was really distracting in the classrooms.
Designing any school just right so that the users can feel like they are somewhere that is easy to navigate makes it that less of a stressful place to be.