observation (400 Words)

 On senior picture day at McCallum I observed students in the small gym. They where in the small gym because a few other students were exercising and playing volleyball in the big gym. Around half of the seniors were in line getting ready for their pictures while wearing black gowns over their clothes. seniors do this (and not any other grade) so their pictures can be more professional. I could hear mumbling and talking between the seniors in the room, but no one was yelling. There was two camera set ups that they could go to. I also could hear the cameras as they flashed and made beeping sounds that indicated the picture had been taken. The room smelled of robust dust and wood polish as most gyms often do, it was pretty strong as well. The smell that was less strong was the smell of clothes and sweat from people doing passed exercises. Flashes from the camera went off pretty often, around thirty seconds or so apart. The majority of the teenagers in line were guys, while most of the girls were sitting against the wall in back of the gym. Not only were there people in the back of the gym but also a lot of backpacks in a array of colors, a lot of the backpacks were small and were Jansport and they aligned the side and back walls. The bottom portion of the walls were a beige brick color and the top color of the walls were a white paint color, and they both had a glossy finish. Attached to the walls there were four basketball hoops. The ceiling was painted white  and had bars going across it for support. Though because of the glossy finish on floor you could see the reflection of the bright white lights from the ceiling. The floor was a light brown color and you could see the wood panels under the smooth gloss it also had thin red, black and light green lines on it. Sitting on the floor was a teacher on his laptop computer. He was also sitting next to three tether ball polls that were attached one tire each and a couple of people were playing on them, and they were not seniors, but probably other freshman that were observing the room. The seniors were taking their pictures through out the entire 6th period, but I did not stay till they left