Setting: UNIVERSITY LECTURE HALL

UNIVERSITY LECTURE HALL

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Double doors at the back of the classroom
Tiered seating
Fold-down seats with adjustable desktops
Aisles that lead down to a teaching area with a podium and stool
A large whiteboard and chalkboard
A projector
Posters on the walls
A bulletin board with announcements and ads near the exit
Banners proclaiming the school name or mascot
A desk (holding the professor's laptop, a notepad, pens)
Visual aids to help with the subject matter
Acoustical panels on the walls
Students sitting in seats (taking notes, tapping on laptops, flipping through textbooks, sipping drinks, sleeping, asking questions)
Professors pacing the front of the room as they teach and call on students

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UNIVERSITY LECTURE HALL

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