- The ideal classroom is still as a tomb according to this vintage Coronet Instructional short. First we see a mildly chaotic room of first graders who are then contrasted with Miss Bradley's little angels next door. Apparently opening their yaps wide only on the playground, they communicate sotto voce ("Whispering is the quiet way to talk when you have to talk!"), create only "work sounds" and even manage to move heavy wooden chairs around without making a peep. They're more productive and attentive that way, we're told, though seriously, there's something wrong with a class of six-year-olds so silent you can practically hear tumbleweeds rolling across their institutional tundra. - Dennis Harvey
- There are times when it is appropriate and allowed to be loud and noisy, and other times when it is not only appropriate but necessary to maintain quiet. It is the same for children at school, they allowed to be noisy when playing out in the schoolyard, but needing to be quiet when doing academic work in the classroom or reading in the library. Children need to be taught these differences. Miss Bradley and her primary grade class of students demonstrate how to maintain that needed quiet in potentially noisy scenarios.—Huggo
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