Microculture Observation 3

This microculture was studied in Hardin again, but in one of seminar study rooms. These rooms have more tables and chairs to sit on, 2 white boards, and a projector screen to utilize. Unlike the other study rooms, this room isnt visited as frequently. When people entered this particular study room, the feeling was different. In other study rooms where it felt like individual people were studying and bothered by strangers, the people who came into the seminar study rooms were in a group. Instead of avoiding social contact, the people utilizing the study room were seeking to study and interact with one another. The group consisted of 6 girls and one guy. The group sat at the table together, and all had some kind of work to do. 4 of girls had mutual work to do, and were sharing ideas back and forth with one another. The other two girls and guy had their lap tops up, and were doing seperate work, but still taking part in the conversation. Each person seemed to being doing their work, but also casually talking and joking with one another at the same time. This casual work went on for about 30 minutes. After that time period, one of the girls in the group mentioned how she really needs to focus and get her work done. After the one girl mentioned that, the entire groups seemed to get more quiet. 3 of six other girls in the room proceeded to put on their headphones, and stopped fully interecting with the other people in the room. While they werent blatantly ignoring one another, the people in the group seemed to be making it a point to not have a conversation with one another unless they had a question regarding their work. The one guy in the room even moved to another table, where he was alone. During the time when the group was quiet, the people seemed much more invested in what they were doing than when they were casually doing work. After about 20 or 25 minutes of doing work, one of the girls of the group began another conversation about Sororities, and the group members seemed became invested once more in ther conversation and not their work.