Study halls are very beneficial. I can devote fifty minutes of my school day to studying, reading, working on homework, or occasionally writing notes to friends. In a good study hall, everyone around me is working silently, with heads bent over books and fingers moving swiftly over calculator buttons. In a rambunctious study hall, I tune out the people chatting around me and concentrate on the words and formulas before me. Sometimes, on days when I am very tired, study hall allows me to "zone out" for a few minutes to rest my tired eyes and mind.
The sounds in study hall always tell me about the people around me.
Closing my eyes, the sound of quick pencil scratches across paper alludes to either A) a diligent student who loves writing or B) an impatient one who is hurrying to de done. Papers shuffle across desks, turned quickly by the hands of an anxious student who did not study for a test.
Small whispers are heard here and there. The accidental drop of a book off a desk sounds like a clap of thunder in the quiet room. Before you know it, the loud bellowing of the bell signals the end of class. Goodbye study hall!
Good observations. I like your contrast with the sound of the pencil - either a diligent student or an impatient one. Another good contrast is the small whispers and the drop of a book. Nice piece.
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