Journal #10

First off, I have never heard of Brach's Star Brite mints.  Okay, that is a lie because I just looked them up.  If Mr. Langley was to bring in those mints to our English 332 class, I believe that it would cause our class to get off subject.  This already happens daily, so you would not really want another distraction.  One of the distractions could be that someone could choke on the mint.  We would have to spend some time dislodging the mint from the throat of the student. Another distraction could be the stupid, crinkly wrappers.  Once someone takes the mint from the wrapper, they have the tendency (at least I do) to play with it.  As everyone already knows, the wrappers are made of plastic and when played with, it makes a very loud and annoying sound.  When I am in a classroom, I am there to learn and if someone takes away from my learning, I get frazzled and annoyed.  Sometimes I do slack off and take part in the horsing around part, but most of the time I try and spend my classroom time wisely.  Along with the distractions, there is a big possibly that all the wrappers would be left on the tables and desks.  Mr. Langley would not be very happy if he looked around the room and saw an abundance of Brach's Star Brite mint wrappers.  He would then have to take time out of his day to pick all the wrappers up even though they are not his.  After saying this, I would not really care if Mr. Langley brought in mints.  It is not really our decision as students to decide whether the teacher should bring in mints for the students.  We are not the ones buying the mints from the store.  All of the distractions I listed above should be taken into account before purchasing the mints and bringing them in.