Chairs and walking. That’s all school is. We walk from one class to another, then sit down for around an hour until it’s time to go to the next chair.
I, for one, am sick of my tailbone stinging every day after school. Sitting in a chair is most of what our day is, so why not make it comfortable?
Unfortunately, the chairs at De Pere High School are anything but comfortable. Even the best ones are lackluster. Students have four main types of chairs that the school provides, and here are my rankings of their overall comfort.
4th: Unsurprisingly, the worst of the worst are those stools. These appear in art classes, science labs, and shop classes. With a metal or plastic flat seat, these devils hurt after only 30 minutes. With no back support in sight, students are forced to hunch down the whole time and crush their own tailbone.
3rd: With a huge jump in design but not quality, these stiff, practically metal chairs provide no support. The only mercy they provide is actually having back support, which gives them a leg up on the stools. Unfortunately, these are the fastest ones to break – with a weak, two-bar back support that is easy to bend under any pressure.
2nd: The classic was actually a close call. Goes to show that nothing beats the original. With a flexible back and moderate dip, it takes more than 2 hours for any aches to really begin.
1st: These chairs are flexible on the back, with a dip on the seat so that one’s bones don’t squish. After sitting for hours, students can still comfortably relax. These are the newest ones at DPHS, and it shows. More and more classes are replacing the classic ones with these.
These four are the most widespread, but there are others that deserve the spot of honorable mention.
I say honorable mention because despite them existing, they’re really only in one or two classrooms, and not normal ones either. First are the chairs in the computer lab and a few other places, which are practically office chairs with swivels and cushions. The only real downside is that, according to Mrs. Beyers, a teacher who has had swivel office chairs for many years, these are often hard to clean.
Next are any special chairs in alternative education/special education rooms. These include net chairs, yoga balls, and any other chair that isn’t the norm. All of these chairs rank higher than the first spot, due to having an actual cushion and back support.
