Observation, Field Notes - Coursework Example

From experience as a nutrition teacher, I got to know that this was done to depict food items such as pumpkins, oranges and squash. I also know that color has several psychotherapy symbols for people such as students. This includes the fact that orange and green color, which was partly dominant in the wall painting of the cafeteria, creates a sense of happiness and freshness. This was the kind of thoughts I was having when students started arriving at the cafeteria, one after the other.At 11:45, about 9 students were seen inside the cafeteria and a lot more, numbering about 21 seen at the entrance to the cafeteria.

Normally, students take time outside the cafeteria to read through the menus and other information that are pasted on notice boards in front of the cafeteria. Most of these students who were outside the cafeteria were observed to be refugees and immigrants from Nepali and Iraq. I walked to one of the tables where three of these students were sitting and I heard them engage in conversation that centered on how lucky they consider themselves to have come to the United States to receive freedom and citizenship.

One of these students made mention of the term, “American dream” repeatedly.At 11:49, a lot more of the students had entered the cafeteria and it was almost full now. This is because I could count as many as 25 students in the main cafeteria. Most of these students were in the queue to buy different food products. When the hall started becoming filled up, I moved from the position I had taken earlier to a corner of the cafeteria where I saw almost every student very clearly. At around 12:00, I noticed one Muslim girl with a sparkling scarf who had gone to get her food.

She got a pepperoni pizza. But after she took the food to her table, I observed that she did not eat the food. I could assign this to religious reasons because Muslims do not eat pork. Readily, I compared this girl to my own kids and I realized that she was different from my girls. This is because I have always explained to my kids why they should not eat pork for religious reasons but they will hardly take my excuse.