A day of disorder and judgement (March 25, 2009)

Today was the day where I finally get my grades and yes its looks good. However, the process of how to get the grades is extremely chaotic. I arrived at school at 1pm and went to the respective room.

Seriously, Is there such thing as crowd management? The Hallway of the 3rd floor of MDC was flowing with alot of students and CO2 (Due to the excessively collective exhalation of air through talking alot).

Imagine a room where there is 1 personel who gives out the grades with alot of disordered students. 11 sections per room, that is. 1 Section = around 45 students. I went through that.

According to my sociology-Anthropology textbook:

CROWD- is a relatively large and temporary gathering of people in one place who have a purpose and who are aware of each other. (Concentrated Collectivities)

Particularly, this crowd according to Mr. Herbert Blumer, is an example of a Casual Crowd

Casual Crowd- This is an inevitable outgrowth of modern society where big number of people live, work, and travel closely together. This may refer to any group of people who just happen to be in one place simultaneously and focus their attention on a common object or event.

The OBJECT is their GRADES.

Common Elements of Crowd Behavior according to Turner and Killian (1992):
1. Lack of certainty about what should be done.
2. A feeling that something should be done. (Initiative)--> Leadership
3. The Spread of the feeling among the participants.
4. Creation of a particular mood based on the uncertainty.
5. Openness to suggestions on what to do.
6. Relaxation of customary restraints or behavior.
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So basically, leadership are one of the keys to control a crowd. Back in school, there was a mixture of 3rd year and 2nd year irregulars. There are some students who cut into line (Singit in Filipino) giving frustration to those who are in line. Is this the nature of Filipinos?

The more we get involved in a crowd, the more we loose our identity through anonymity.

There was a person I saw who did the 2nd element of crowd behavior separating 2nd year irregs from 3rd year irregs. That is a classic example of a student leader.

I would recommend that MDC must start putting ORDER and SYSTEMATIC ORGANIZATION OF STUDENT BODY in their list for this is one of the concerns. The more we speak in a crowd, the more we inhale Carbon Dioxide. The more we inhale Carbon Dioxide, the more tendency we have to faint and for dizziness.

Also, The school SHOULD use 2 floors (3rd floor and 4th floor) for lesser disorder. 1 room each for 5 sections. This should be the POLICY for distributing grades and enrollment. It is adequate and systematic. There has to be 2 straight lines, one for the girls and one for the boys. The rest must go after their businesses are done. Organization is the key element for order.

Even though College life is conducted with freedom which should come with responsibility. That personal responsibility should be maintained within individual boundaries that are conducted by the common mores.

That personal responsibility also contains the sense of self-discipline from excessively unecessary noise, movements and actions.

This my vision of what Crowd control and management really should be like.

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Now, back to the main topic. I finally am officially shifted to Bachelor of Science in Psychology. A course for which I should've belong to. HURRAY! HURRAY!

This is all what I have to say after a tiring day.