{"id":19779,"date":"2014-03-07T08:16:51","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T13:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=19779"},"modified":"2014-09-09T09:30:59","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:30:59","slug":"need-a-place-to-study-in-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2014\/03\/07\/need-a-place-to-study-in-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Need A Place To Study . . . In Silence?"},"content":{"rendered":"There is a new dimension beyond those known to U of T students.<\/strong> It is a dimension of sight and mind, but without sound. A wondrous land of study and contemplation. It is an area called The Silent Zone<\/em><\/a>.\r\n\r\n
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Source: http:\/\/thedogladysden.com\/category\/entertainment\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nThis was essay week for me.<\/strong> I work well at Robarts Library<\/a>, so I packed up my things and headed off to the big ol\u2019 turkey. It think it\u2019s the altitude, like working on top of a mountain. Anyway, when I got there I saw a notice on the wall promoting these new Silent Zones. Of course, I had to check them out<\/em>.\r\n\r\n
\"http:\/\/onesearch.library.utoronto.ca\/news\/looking-quiet-place-study-robarts-library-now-has-silent-and-quiet-zones\"<\/a>
http:\/\/onesearch.library.utoronto.ca\/news\/looking-quiet-place-study-robarts-library-now-has-silent-and-quiet-zones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nThere are a few different Silent Zones at Robarts Library<\/strong>. I visited each one to get the full experience. The first one is the Reading Room on the second floor, and I\u2019ll admit I was surprised when I first walked in . . .\r\n\r\nIt was quiet.<\/strong> It was also pretty big. And it was packed. I had never been to the Robarts\u2019 Reading Room before, but at 4pm on Wednesday it was a popular place to be. I stayed only for a few minutes, mostly to scope out the vibe.\r\n\r\n
\"http:\/\/postgradproblems.com\/50-step-guide-to-sending-out-the-vibe-at-a-bar\/<\/a>
http:\/\/postgradproblems.com\/50-step-guide-to-sending-out-the-vibe-at-a-bar\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nThe second floor Reading Room is designed for studying.<\/strong> Three rows of single person study-cubbies fill the middle of the room, with lots of four-seater tables set along the walls and across the windows. Each of the four-seater tables has a power plug built into the middle of it, which is pretty great for computers, tablets, phones (on silent!), and anything else, so you'll always have power<\/em>!\r\n\r\n
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http:\/\/www.quickmeme.com\/meme\/35r7pb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nThere is another Silent Zone on the third floor<\/strong>, in the Reading Room, right above the second floor with an overlooking balcony. I liked this room more than the last. There are three tall, bright windows in the corner that look out over St. George St., giving the whole room a good open feeling, like you could really work undisturbed and comfortable. And the only sound was the occasional . . .\r\n\r\n
\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/01\/09\/quiet-office_n_4551290.html\"<\/a>
http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/01\/09\/quiet-office_n_4551290.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nThen there was the Computer Lab on the fourth floor.<\/strong> Another place at U of T I had never visited. It\u2019s a fairly small room, but there are a lot of computers, and the walls are made of glass. Was it silent? No, not really. There was an instructor preparing to teach a class on one half of the room. But it was okay. It was like most computer labs . . .<\/em>\r\n\r\n
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http:\/\/www.gifbase.com\/gif\/1705<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nI got up to the 9th<\/sup> to 13th<\/sup> floors<\/strong>, and I was beginning to doubt the integrity of these Silent Zones<\/em>. The 9th<\/sup> floor was already pretty quiet. How much less noise could people make? But as I rounded the corner towards the Harbord Apex<\/em> and the designated Silent Zone, I all at once noticed a strange noise fill my ears. It was sudden and overwhelming . . .\r\n\r\nSilence.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nYes, I kid you not.<\/strong> The Harbord Apex of the ninth floor of Robarts was utterly silent. There were students working and studying, but I couldn\u2019t even hear the keyboards. The only sound was the gentle hum of the ventilation, which might easily have been a calming breeze. Truly, I was on top of a mountain<\/em>. It was nice. And I wrote my whole essay in a few hours.\r\n\r\nSo, if you are walking around in Robarts Library,<\/strong> and you happen to feel a stilling sensation fill your ears, a sudden sense that you\u2019re standing on top of a mountain, then you may have just entered a Silent Zone<\/em>.\r\n\r\n\u2018Til next time, stay diamond, U of T!<\/strong>\r\n\r\n- Stephen.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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