I frequently visit the weight room for my own personal use, but I decided to observe the weight room from the outside perspective (literally). So, I sat in a chair looking into the weight room through the clear emergency exit door that connects the fitness area to the top of the Beaman.
I noticed a pattern by watching people go in and out of the weight room: the water fountain is a very popular thing (imagine that). This intrigued me, though, because I never realized how much people actually use water fountains until I sat watching it for 15 minutes. The funny thing is that I only saw one girl use it, and the rest of the constant flow of water fountain users were male. Then I noticed that every girl I saw walking out of the room had a water bottle in hand (aha!).
Also, I noticed that the weight room is not a social place. Lots of people go there, but very few converse with other people. I thought it was because everyone wears antisocial gear known as ipods ; I only saw one student with an ipod, and there was still no interaction between students.
I noticed that the writing was indeed very direct. The weightroom was a good choice for the assignment. I chose the Wilson music hallway and got some intersting results. There were no sentences that employed passive voice. Which is good for the type of writing that you were doing. It would be weird to say, "the room was being looked at by me."
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